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 →

2) In old stories and legends, a salamander was a creature that could live in fire. tree →

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 →
• Salamanders are amphibians, not reptiles. tree →
• The fire salamander is black and yellow. tree →
• Some salamanders can grow back a lost leg. tree →
• We saw a salamander near the stream. tree →
• Don't pick up a salamander — your skin can harm it and some are poisonous. tree →

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.
• Frogs, toads, newts and salamanders are amphibians; snakes, lizards, crocodiles and turtles are reptiles.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «salamander» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.