salamander
蝾螈,螈,鲵鱼,大鲵
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- : any tailed amphibian of the order Caudata, having a soft, moist, scaleless skin, typically aquatic as a larva and semiterrestrial as an adult: several species are endangered.
- : a mythical being, especially a lizard or other reptile, thought to be able to live in fire.
- : any of various portable stoves or burners.
- : Metallurgy. a mass of iron that accumulates at the bottom of a blast furnace as a result of the escape of molten metal through the hearth.
- : a metal plate or disk with a handle, heated and held over pastry, casserole crusts, etc., to brown or glaze it.
- : an oven usually heated from the top and bottom by gas, for cooking, browning, and glazing food.
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The term “gerrymander” dates to 1812, when a Massachusetts district drawn to the advantage of Governor Elbridge Gerry was so strangely shaped that it was likened to a salamander.
Worst-case models for the region projected a “near-complete loss” of the entire group of salamanders they studied, known as plethodontids.
Yet in recent years, the slippery salamander has proven remarkably resilient to heat, drought, and perhaps even wildfires, owing to a number of unique adaptations.
There are other, more bizarre tricks that salamanders use to avoid drying out.
You’d certainly expect moisture-loving salamanders to be doomed in a warming world.
The woman reminds one of a red lizard—a salamander—her “svelte” body seemingly boneless in its gown of clinging scales.
Sprinkle grated breadcrumbs over, brown with a salamander, and serve with brown gravy.
Any lizard attracted by my hoecake would have to be a salamander—that fire-proof creature that is supposed to live in flames.
Cutts made his attack on Blenheim with all the fury which earned for him the nickname of the Salamander.
This yellow man did no mopping; his skin had the gloss of a salamander's, and his eyes were like dusky jewels.