[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

salamander \sal"aman`der\, n. f. salamandre, l. salamandra,
   gr. ?; cf. per. samander, samandel.
   1. zool. any one of numerous species of urodela, belonging
      to salamandra, amblystoma, plethodon, and various
      allied genera, especially those that are more or less
      terrestrial in their habits.
      1913 webster

   note: the salamanders have, like lizards, an elongated body,
         four feet, and a long tail, but are destitute of
         scales. they are true amphibia, related to the frogs.
         formerly, it was a superstition that the salamander
         could live in fire without harm, and even extinguish it
         by the natural coldness of its body.
         1913 webster

               i have maintained that salamander of yours with
               fire any time this two and thirty years. --shak.
         1913 webster

               whereas it is commonly said that a salamander
               extinguisheth fire, we have found by experience
               that on hot coals, it dieth immediately. --sir t.
                                                  browne.
         1913 webster

   2. zool. the pouched gopher geomys tuza of the southern
      united states.
      1913 webster

   3. a culinary utensil of metal with a plate or disk which is
      heated, and held over pastry, etc., to brown it.
      1913 webster

   4. a large poker. prov. eng. --halliwell.
      1913 webster

   5. metal. solidified material in a furnace hearth.
      1913 webster

   giant salamander. zool. see under giant.

   salamander's hair or salamander's wool min., a species
      of asbestos or mineral flax. obs. --bacon.
      1913 webster
see also:
salamandra amblystoma plethodon geomys tuza giant salamander giant 
salamander's hair salamander's wool 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

salamander
     n 1: any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that
          resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed
     2: reptilian creature supposed to live in fire
     3: fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to
        stir a fire syn: poker, stove poker, fire hook
see also:
poker stove poker fire hook 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

43 moby thesaurus words for "salamander":
   amphibian, andiron, batrachian, bullfrog, chain, coal tongs, crane,
   croaker, crook, damper, elemental, elemental spirit, fire hook,
   fire tongs, firedog, frog, gnome, grate, grating, grid, griddle,
   gridiron, grill, griller, hoppytoad, hoptoad, lifter, newt,
   paddock, poker, polliwog, pothook, spit, sylph, tadpole, toad,
   tongs, tree frog, tree toad, tripod, trivet, turnspit, undine

[4] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

salamander, n.  originally a reptile inhabiting fire; later, an
anthropomorphous immortal, but still a pyrophile.  salamanders are now
believed to be extinct, the last one of which we have an account
having been seen in carcassonne by the abbe belloc, who exorcised it
with a bucket of holy water.

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