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salamander

noun as in amphibian

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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.

You’d certainly expect moisture-loving salamanders to be doomed in a warming world.

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There are other, more bizarre tricks that salamanders use to avoid drying out.

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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.

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Worst-case models for the region projected a “near-complete loss” of the entire group of salamanders they studied, known as plethodontids.

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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.

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to salamander, such as: frog, toad, caecilian, caudate, hyla, and newt.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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