different between salamander vs caudatan

English

Etymology

From Middle English salamandre, from Anglo-Norman salamandre, from Latin salamandra, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (salamándra), of uncertain origin (per Beekes, likely Pre-Greek); possibly of Iranian origin, see Persian ?????? (samandar) for more information.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sæl??mænd?/
• (Received Pronunciation, obsolete) IPA^(key): /?sæl??m??nd?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sæl??mænd?/
• Hyphenation: sal?a?man?der

Noun

salamander (plural salamanders)

1. A long, slender, chiefly terrestrial amphibian of the order Caudata, superficially resembling a lizard.
   • 1672, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, 1852, Simon Wilkin (editor), The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 1, page 292,

     […] 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."
2. (mythology) 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.
   • 1920, Peter B. Kyne, The Understanding Heart, Chapter XI

     “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. …”

   • 1849, John Brand, Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions, Volume 3, page 372

     "There is a vulgar error," says the author of the Brief Natural History, p. 91, "that a salamander lives in the fire. Yet both Galen and Dioscorides refute this opinion; and Mathiolus, in his Commentaries upon Dioscorides, a very famous physician, affirms of them, that by casting of many a salamander into the fire for tryal he found it false. The same experiment is likewise avouched by Joubertus."

3. (cooking) A metal utensil with a flat head which is heated and put over a dish to brown the top.
   • 1977, Richard Daunton-Fear, Penelope Vigar, Australian Colonial Cookery (discussing 19th century cookery), Rigby, 1977, ?ISBN, page 41

     The salamander, a fairly long metal utensil with a flat rounded head, was left in the fire until red hot and then used to brown the top of a dish without further cooking.

4. (cooking) A small broiler (North America) or grill (Britain) that heats the food from above, used in professional cookery primarily for browning.

   The chef first put the steak under the salamander to sear the outside.
5. The pouched gopher, Geomys tuza, of the southern United States.
6. (Britain, obsolete) A large poker.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

7. (metallurgy) Solidified material in a furnace hearth.
8. (construction) A portable stove used to heat or dry buildings under construction.
9. (Britain, slang, obsolete) A fire-eater (performer who pretends to swallow fire).

Hyponyms

• newt
• eft
• (amphibian): siredon
• ask (dialectal)

Derived terms

• cave salamander
• fire salamander
• giant salamander
• mole salamander
• tiger salamander

Related terms

• salamandrian
• salamandric
• salamandrid
• salamandriform
• salamandrine
• salamandroid
• salamandrous

Translations

Verb

salamander (third-person singular simple present salamanders, present participle salamandering, simple past and past participle salamandered)

1. To use a salamander (cooking utensil) in a cooking process.
   • 19th century (quoted 1977), recipe in Richard Daunton-Fear, Penelope Vigar, Australian Colonial Cookery, Rigby, ?ISBN, page 41:

     When cold, sprinkle the custard thickly with sugar and salamander it.

References

• (fire-eater): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Further reading

• salamander at OneLook Dictionary Search

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• salmander

Etymology

From Dutch salamander, from Middle Dutch salamander, from Latin salamandra, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (salamándra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa.la?man.d?r/

Noun

salamander (plural salamanders)

1. salamander, amphibian of the order Caudata

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch salamander, from Latin salamandra, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (salamándra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa?.la??m?n.d?r/
• Hyphenation: sa?la?man?der

Noun

salamander m (plural salamanders, diminutive salamandertje n)

1. salamander, amphibian of the order Caudata

Derived terms

• kamsalamander
• vuursalamander
• watersalamander

Descendants

• Afrikaans: salamander
• ? Indonesian: salamander
• ? West Frisian: salamander

Manx

Etymology

From English salamander, From Middle English salamandre, from Old French salamandre, from Latin salamandra, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (salamándra), of uncertain origin.

Noun

salamander m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. salamander

Mutation

West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch salamander, from Middle Dutch salamander, from Latin salamandra, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (salamándra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?l??m?nd?r/

Noun

salamander c (plural salamanders)

1. salamander, amphibian of the order Caudata

English

Etymology

Caudata +? -an

Noun

caudatan (plural caudatans)

1. (zoology) Any amphibian of the order Caudata; the salamanders

Adjective

caudatan (comparative more caudatan, superlative most caudatan)

1. Of or pertaining to these animals