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salamanders

noun

Meaning

  1. A long, slender, chiefly terrestrial amphibian of the order Caudata, superficially resembling a lizard.
  2. A creature much like a lizard that is resistant to and lives in fire (in which it is often depicted in heraldry), hence the elemental being of fire.
  3. A metal utensil with a flat head which is heated and put over a dish to brown the top.
  4. A small broiler (North America) or grill (Britain) that heats the food from above, used in professional cookery primarily for browning.
  5. The pouched gopher, Geomys tuza, of the southern United States.
  6. A large poker.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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