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# salamander

«salamander» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small amphibian with a long body, a tail, four short…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a salamander, salamanders)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A salamander is a small amphibian with a long body, a tail, four short legs and smooth, damp skin, which looks a bit like a lizard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salamander/#m1)

2) In old stories and legends, a salamander was a creature that could live in fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salamander/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Science (classifying animals and life cycles): salamanders are amphibians like frogs and newts — they lay eggs in water, and young ones often breathe with gills. Some can regrow a lost tail or leg. Some have bright colours to warn that they are poisonous. Phrases: fire salamander, spotted salamander, giant salamander.

### examples

- A salamander hid under the wet log. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salamander/#x1)
- Salamanders are amphibians, not reptiles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salamander/#x2)
- The fire salamander is black and yellow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salamander/#x3)
- Some salamanders can grow back a lost leg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salamander/#x4)
- We saw a salamander near the stream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salamander/#x5)
- Don't pick up a salamander — your skin can harm it and some are poisonous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salamander/#x6)

### note

Countable. Trap: salamanders look like lizards but are amphibians: lizards have dry scaly skin, salamanders have moist smooth skin. Newts are a kind of salamander. The legend about living in fire is a myth.

### In the corpora

- [In the cold fast streams lives the biggest amphibian in the world, the Chinese giant salamander.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/3/)
- [Frogs, toads, newts and salamanders are amphibians; snakes, lizards, crocodiles and turtles are reptiles.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/24-animal-groups/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «salamander» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salamander/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.