How to pronounce“salamander”in English
nounBrian: “When leaves fall down into the forest there’s all these insects, worms, or larvae that eat the fallen leaves and in doing so they kind of shred them up and release CO2 into the atmosphere.”
Salamanders prey on these bugs and in doing so, the help keep carbon locked in leaves.
Brian: “There are so many salamanders it’s hard to imagine what ecosystems would look like without them.”
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Definitions of “salamander”
A long, slender, chiefly terrestrial amphibian of the order Caudata, superficially resembling a lizard.
“[…]and most plainly Pierius, whose words in his hieroglyphicks are these: "Whereas it is commonly said that a salamander extinguisheth fire, we have found by experience that it is so far from quenching hot coals, that it dyeth immediately therein."”
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.
““Not a chance, Ranger,” Bob Mason was speaking. “This little cuss is a salamander. He's been travelling through fire all day and there isn't a blister on him. …””
To use a salamander (cooking utensil) in a cooking process.
“When cold, sprinkle the custard thickly with sugar and salamander it.”
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