ask

From Middle English asken (also esken, aschen, eschen, etc.), from Old English āscian, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys- (“to wish; request”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian aaskje (“to ask, demand, require”), West Frisian easkje (“to ask, demand, require”), Dutch eisen (“to demand, require”), German heischen (“to ask, request, implore”), Russian иска́ть (iskátʹ), Sanskrit इच्छति (iccháti) (whence Hindi ईछना (īchnā).

cog

African-American Vernacular, Cajun, Nigeria, proscribed

ax

alternative pronunciation until about 1600, now dialectal and no longer standard


salamandroid

Any salamander of the suborder Salamandroidea.


axolotl

en-noun

axolotl (plural axolotls or (nonstandard) axolots)

axolotls (plural)
axolots (nonstandard plural)

Unadapted borrowing from Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl (from ātl (“water”) + xōlōtl (“slippery or wrinkled one, servant, slave”)).

ubor

A critically endangered salamander found in the elevated lakes of Mexico, Ambystoma mexicanum.

aksolotl

scientifically refers to the young stage, scientifically proscribed as the other stages


axolotl

Unadapted borrowing from Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl.


newt

From Middle English newte, newete, from rebracketing of Middle English an ewte as a newte (for similar misdivisions compare adder, nickname, apron, umpire, etc.). Middle English evete, eute, euete, ewte (“newt”), derives from Old English efete (“lizard; newt”). Doublet of eft.

A small lizard-like amphibian in the family Salamandridae that lives in the water as an adult.

eft

usually refers to the terrestrial phase of a newt


eft

From Middle English evete, from Old English efete, of unknown origin.

Only these marishes and myrie bogs, / In which the fearefull ewftes do build their bowres, / Yeeld me an hostry mongst the croking frogs […].

1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

How did he like it when the live creatures
Tickled and toused and browsed him all over,
And worm, slug, eft, with serious features
Came in, each one, for his right of trover?

1844, Robert Browning, "Garden Fancies," II. Sibrandus Schafnaburgennis

A newt, especially a smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris, syn. Triturus punctatus), of Europe.


siren

From Middle English siren, from Old French sereine and Latin Sīrēn, Sīrēna, from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn). The mammalian sense was first attested in French in Dominique Bouhours, Les entretiens d'Ariste et d'Eugène, in 1671. The aquatic salamander sense was originally introduced by Linnaeus in 1766, for a genus of his reptiles. Doublet of serin.

Now give ear to what I'm about to say to you , and a god himself will bring it before your mind . First , you will come to the Sirens . These beings enthrall all men who arrive before them . Whoever draws near without knowledge and ...

2008 October 7, Homer, The Odyssey, North Atlantic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 278:

(Greek mythology) One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.

A member of a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae, commonly used for all species in the family Sirenidae.

An instrument for demonstrating the laws of beats and combination tones.


salamander

/ˈsæləˌmɑːndə/

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

The necessary fires alone -- the salamanders and tinner's pots -- had caused dozens of small blazes.

2003, Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City, Vintage Books, page 192:

(construction) A portable stove used to heat or dry buildings under construction.


Axolotl

de-noun

Axolotl m (strong, genitive Axolotls, plural Axolotl)

Axolotls (genitive)
Axolotl (plural)
Axolotl (nominative singular)
Axolotl (definite nominative plural)
Axolotls (genitive singular)
Axolotl (definite genitive plural)
Axolotl (dative singular)
Axolotl (dative definite plural)
Axolotl (accusative singular)
Axolotl (accusative definite plural)


Salamander

Salamander m (strong, genitive Salamanders, plural Salamander)

Salamanders (genitive)
Salamander (plural)
Salamander (nominative singular)
Salamander (definite nominative plural)
Salamanders (genitive singular)
Salamander (definite genitive plural)
Salamander (dative singular)
Salamandern (dative definite plural)
Salamander (accusative singular)
Salamander (accusative definite plural)


triton

Learned borrowing from Latin Trītōn, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek Τρίτων (Trítōn).

triton rugueux


triton

tritoni (plural)
triton (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
tritonul (accusative definite nominative singular)
tritoni (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
tritonii (accusative definite nominative plural)
triton (indefinite singular)
tritonului (definite singular)
tritoni (indefinite singular)
tritonilor (definite plural)
tritonule (singular vocative)
tritonilor (vocative)


effet

He had been cutting grass in the churchyard, and an effet ran at him, and bit him on the thumb.

1858, John George Wood, The common objects of the country, page 51:


Molch

Molch m (strong, genitive Molches or Molchs, plural Molche)

Molches (genitive)
Molchs (genitive)
Molche (plural)
Molch (nominative singular)
Molche (definite nominative plural)
Molches (genitive singular)
Molchs (genitive singular)
Molche (definite genitive plural)
Molch (dative singular)
Molche (dative singular)
Molchen (dative definite plural)
Molch (accusative singular)
Molche (accusative definite plural)

Alteration (with -ch) of Middle High German mol, molle, from Old High German mol, mol(l)o, from Proto-Germanic *mulô, from Proto-Indo-European *molh₂-o- (compare Lithuanian mul̃vas (“yellow, clayey”), Latin mulleus (“ruddy (shoes)”), Sanskrit मल (mála, “dirt”)), from *melh₂- (“dark color”). More at malen.

Akademie-Verlag
Berlin
Wolfgang Pfeifer (etymologist)


evet

(US) Any of several species of aquatic salamanders.


olm

O is for Olm. The Olm has teeny-weeny legs. Its eyes are covered with skin and it can barely see. Olms live in caves where there is hardly any light.

1990, Jerry Pallotta, The Frog Alphabet Book, unnumbered page:

A fully grown olm is around 30 cm with a sinuous body and long tail. There are two pairs of stumpy legs and three pairs of feathery gills behind the head. In its natural environment, the olm is pink with semitranslucent skin.

2007, Ross Piper, Extraordinary Animals: An Encyclopedia of Curious and Unusual Animals, page 266:

Also known as the proteus, the olm is a blind amphibian found only in the underwater caves of southern Europe, specifically parts of Italy, Croatia, and Slovenia.

2012, Michael Hearst, Unusual Creatures, page 74:

Olms have special sensors inside their ears that detect sound waves in the water as well as vibrations from the ground.

2012, Ana Maria Rodriguez, Vampire Bats, Giant Insects, and Other Mysterious Animals of the Darkest Caves, page 32:

Proteus anguinus, a cave-dwelling neotenous salamander with external gills, found along the coast from northeastern Italy to Montenegro.


Japanese giant salamander

en-noun

Japanese giant salamander (plural Japanese giant salamanders)

a large salamander of species Andrias japonicus, native to Japan, growing up to a meter in length.

日本大鯢 /日本大鲵

large species of salamander native to Japan


salamandre

→ Romanian: salamandră


도롱뇽

[to̞ɾo̞ŋɲoŋ]

First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 되룡 (Yale: twòylyòng).
This word appears to be a compound of an unknown morpheme *되 (*twoy) with Sino-Korean 龍 (lyong, “dragon”).
The word underwent sound change to 되롱 (doerong) by the eighteenth century, which made speakers unaware that the word was originally a compound involving 龍. Consequently, speakers reattached the same character 龍 to the word, producing 되롱뇽 (doerongnyong). The initial diphthong was monophthongized in the nineteenth century to create the present form.


제주도롱뇽

[ˈt͡ɕe̞(ː)d͡ʑudo̞ɾo̞ŋɲoŋ]

From 제주(濟州) (Jeju) + 도롱뇽 (dorongnyong, “salamander”).

compound

유명해진 꼬리치레도롱뇽을 비롯해 고리도롱뇽, 도롱뇽, 제주도롱뇽 등 4종이 서식
yumyeonghaejin kkorichiredorongnyong'eul birothae goridorongnyong, dorongnyong, jejudorongnyong deung 4jong'i seosik

외형은 도롱뇽, 제주도롱뇽과 매우 비슷
oehyeong'eun dorongnyong, jejudorongnyonggwa mae'u biseut

제주도롱뇽은 한반도에 분포하는 도롱뇽과는 별개의 종으로 분류
jejudorongnyong'eun hanbando'e bunpohaneun dorongnyonggwaneun byeolgae'ui jong'euro bullyu

the Jeju salamander, Hynobius quelpaertensis Mori.


이끼도롱뇽

From 이끼 (ikki, “moss”) + 도롱뇽 (dorongnyong, “salamander”).

com

Korean crevice salamander
Korean crevice salamander

A Korean crevice salamander (Karsenia koreana.)


고리도롱뇽

From 고리 (gori) + 도롱뇽 (dorongnyong, “salamander”).


꼬리치레도롱뇽

[k͈o̞ɾit͡ɕʰiɾe̞do̞ɾo̞ŋɲoŋ]

Named after the white-browed Chinese warbler, Rhopophilus pekinensis, which also is known for its long tail. From 꼬리치레 (kkorichire, “white-browed Chinese warbler”) + 도롱뇽 (dorongnyong, “salamander”).

the long-tailed salamander, Onychodactylus fischeri


네발가락도롱뇽

[ˈne̞(ː)ba̠ɭk͈a̠ɾa̠k̚t͈o̞ɾo̞ŋɲoŋ]

[네(ː)발까락또롱뇽]

Literally "four-toed salamander." From 네 (ne, “four”) + 발가락 (balgarak, “toe”) + 도롱뇽 (dorongnyong, “salamander”).

the Siberian salamander, Salamandrella keyserlingii


grampus

From Middle English *grampas, grappays, grapas, graspeys, from Anglo-Norman grampais, Old French graspois, craspois (“whale, (salted) whale meat; blubber; seal”), from Medieval Latin craspicis (literally “fat fish”), from Latin crassus (“fat”) + piscis (“fish”).

der

Some time after this we saw some very large fish, which I afterwards found were called grampusses.

1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 3, in The Interesting Narrative, volume I:

The Governor will blow like an old grampus, I know he will,—well, we must stop till he gets his wind again.

1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 19, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:

‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’

1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 20, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

Blowing like a grampus from every orifice, I leaned on a passing wave which dumped me[.]

1980, Ian Chappell, Chappelli has the last laugh, page 39:

Grampus griseus
Grampus griseus#Translingual

Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus, with a blunt nose.

The hellbender salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis.

giant whip scorpion (Mastigoproctus giganteus)


asker

From Middle English ascre, a variant (with uncertain suffix) of Middle English aske (“newt”). More at ask.

Great crested newts, “askers”, used to be common in the Marshwood Vale.

2018 April 21, Sara Hudston, The Guardian:


salamandr

cy-noun

salamandr m (plural salamandrau, not mutable)


Salamandroidea

A taxonomic suborder within the order Caudata – advanced salamanders.

Beiyanerpeton

suborder): Ambystomatidae, Amphiumidae, Dicamptodontidae, Plethodontidae, Proteidae, Rhyacotritonidae, Salamandridae (families


Amphiumidae

A taxonomic family within the order Caudata – Congo snakes.


caudatan

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


Caudata

A taxonomic order within the class Amphibia – salamanders, amphibians that typically superficially resemble some lizards.

Nesovtriton

order): Cryptobranchoidea (primitive salamanders), Salamandroidea (advanced salamanders), Sirenoidea (siren) (suborders


salamandra

Borrowed from Latin salamandra, from Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα (salamándra).


salamandra

salamandra (nominative singular)
salamandry (nominative plural)
salamandry (genitive singular)
salamander (genitive plural)
salamandrze (dative singular)
salamandrom (dative plural)
salamandrę (accusative singular)
salamandry (accusative plural)
salamandrą (instrumental singular)
salamandrami (instrumental plural)
salamandrze (locative singular)
salamandrach (locative plural)
salamandro (singular vocative)
salamandry (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin salamandra.


salamandra

From Latin salamandra, from Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα (salamándra).


salamandrian

en-adj

salamandrian (comparative more salamandrian, superlative most salamandrian)

more salamandrian (comparative)
most salamandrian (superlative)

Of, relating to, or resembling a salamander, the genus Salamandra, or the family Salamandridae.


salamandrid

Perhaps it was Meseta, where the oldest salamandrid fossils on Earth have been discovered.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 35:


salamandrous

salamandrous (comparative more salamandrous, superlative most salamandrous)

more salamandrous (comparative)
most salamandrous (superlative)

Infested with salamanders; full of salamanders.


salamandrine

Any salamander of the genus Salamandrina.


madfall

cy-noun

madfall m or f (plural madfallod or madfeill or madfeillod)

madfallod (plural)
madfeill (plural)
madfeillod (plural)
madfall
fadfall (soft)

A variant of mabddall m (“person who is born blind; blindworm, slow-worm; lizard; newt”), from mab (“son”) + dall (“blind”).


great crested newt

en-noun

great crested newt (plural great crested newts)

A newt, Triturus cristatus, found in parts of Europe and Asia.


genau-goeg

genau-goegion (plural)
genau-goeg
enau-goeg (soft)
ngenau-goeg

Compound consisting of genau (“mouth”) + coeg (“vain, empty, false”) in reference to its mouth being narrower than that of a snake and without the bite or venom.


hellbender

From hell + bender, possibly from hell-bent.

A giant salamander (genus Cryptobranchus) of North America that inhabits large, swiftly flowing streams with rocky bottoms.

голям америкнски саламандър

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, a giant salamander of North America that inhabits large, swiftly flowing streams with rocky bottoms


alpine newt

a newt of the salamander order Caudata, Ichthyosaura alpestris, formerly Triturus alpestris and Mesotriton alpestris.


Bergmolch

de-noun

Bergmolch m (strong, genitive Bergmolches or Bergmolchs, plural Bergmolche)

Bergmolches (genitive)
Bergmolchs (genitive)
Bergmolche (plural)
Bergmolch (nominative singular)
Bergmolche (definite nominative plural)
Bergmolches (genitive singular)
Bergmolchs (genitive singular)
Bergmolche (definite genitive plural)
Bergmolch (dative singular)
Bergmolche (dative singular)
Bergmolchen (dative definite plural)
Bergmolch (accusative singular)
Bergmolche (accusative definite plural)

/ˈbɛʁkˌmɔlç/

alpine newt, Ichthyosaura alpestris, Mesotriton alpestris


urodele

Although courtship and other mating behaviors of many urodele amphibians in the laboratory have been described in great detail (Arnold, 1977; Halliday and Verrell, 1986; Verrell, 1989), little is known about such behavior in natural populations (MacMahon, 1964; Lynch and Wallace, 1987).

1989 December 27, Fredric J. Janzen, Edmund D. Brodie, III, “Tall Tails and Sexy Males: Sexual Behavior of Rough-Skinned Newts (Taricha granulosa) in a Natural Breeding Pond”, in Copeia, volume 1989, number 4:


traszka

traszka (nominative singular)
traszki (nominative plural)
traszki (genitive singular)
traszek (genitive plural)
traszce (dative singular)
traszkom (dative plural)
traszkę (accusative singular)
traszki (accusative plural)
traszką (instrumental singular)
traszkami (instrumental plural)
traszce (locative singular)
traszkach (locative plural)
traszko (singular vocative)
traszki (plural vocative)

Perhaps from trach + -ka, from Middle High German trache, tracke, drache, dracke, from Old High German trahho, from Proto-West Germanic *drakō, from Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Doublet of Drakula.


giant salamander

en-noun

giant salamander (plural giant salamanders)

Any of the large amphibians in the family Cryptobranchidae.


askerd

ASKERD, lizard. "Dry lizard," a land lizard. "Watter askerd," a newt.

1865, William Stott Banks, Wakefield Words, page 4:


tiger salamander

tiger salamander (plural tiger salamanders)

Wikispecies tiger salamander (canonical)
tiger salamanders (plural)

A long slender salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum, having black skin and yellow markings.


fire salamander

fire salamander (plural fire salamanders)

Fire salamanders, which are common on forested hillsides in southern and central Europe, extrude secretions onto their skin containing a neurotoxic alkaloid, Samandarin, when they think they are under attack.

2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 6:

Salamandra salamandra
Salamandra salamandra#Translingual

A medium-sized black salamander with yellow spots (Salamandra salamandra), native to Europe, related to the tiger salamander.


plethodontid

From scientific Latin Plethodontidae (family name), from Plethodon (genus name), from Ancient Greek πλῆθος (plêthos, “great number”) + ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”).

der

The family of salamanders known as plethodontids are unusual in many ways.

2007 December 4, Henry Fountain, “Inveterate Wanderer: An Intercontinental Salamander Family”, in New York Times:

In Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri, for example, they are—if you count them by weight—the dominant form of life, with 1400 tonnes of plethodontids lurking in the leaf litter and wetlands of its 600,000 hectares.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 127:

(zoology) Any of the Plethodontidae, a family of lungless salamanders.


urodelian

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the salamanders of Urodela (synonym of Caudata).


urodelian

Salamanders are urodelians.

(zoology) Any member of the Urodela (synonym of Caudata).


amphiuma

(zoology) Any of the genus Amphiuma of aquatic salamanders.


menobranch

/ˈmɛnəbɹæŋk/

From Ancient Greek μένω (ménō, “to remain”) + βράγχιον (bránkhion, “gill”).

(archaic) A large aquatic American salamander of the genus Necturus (formerly Menobranchus), with permanent external gills.


cryptobranchid

(zoology) Any of the Cryptobranchidae of giant salamanders.


ambystomatid

(zoology) Any salamander of the family Ambystomatidae


ambystomid

(zoology) Any salamander in the family Ambystomidae.


amphiumid

(zoology) Any member of the Amphiumidae.


dicamptodontid

(zoology) Any salamander in the family Dicamptodontidae, now generally considered to be part of the Ambystomatidae.


hynobiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Hynobiidae of salamanders.


karaurid

(zoology) Any salamander-like amphibian in the family Karauridae.


rhyacotritonid

(zoology) Any salamander in the family Rhyacotritonidae.


sirenid

(zoology) Any member of the family Sirenidae of salamanders.


waterdog

The mature larva of an ambystomid salamander, particularly that of the tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum).


mudpuppy

From mud + puppy, because of its barking sound.

An aquatic salamander of the family Proteidae.


siredon

From Latin Sīrēdones, alternative form of Sīrēnes (“the Sirens”) from Ancient Greek Σειρηδώνες (Seirēdṓnes) plural of Σειρηδών (Seirēdṓn) alternative form of Σειρήν (Seirḗn, “Siren”).

(zoology, obsolete) A larval or neotenic salamander (e.g. the axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum).


Congo snake

An aquatic salamander of the genus Amphiuma.


mole salamander

en-noun

mole salamander (plural mole salamanders)

The axolotl is a member of the Mole salamanders, a genus found only in North America, and one of a handful of species found only in the highland lakes of Mexico.

2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 15:

A member of the salamander genus Ambystoma, especially Ambystoma talpoideum.


Salamandridae

A taxonomic family within the order Caudata – true salamanders and newts.


menobranchus

From the superseded genus name Menobranchus (Harlan, 1824), from Ancient Greek μένω (ménō, “to remain”) + βρᾰ́γχῐον (brắnkhĭon, “gill, branchia”), because the external branchiae are permanent, unlike those of some other amphibians.


salamandar

head

salamandar m (genitive singular salamandair, nominative plural salamandair)

salamandair (genitive singular)
salamandair (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
salamandar (indefinite singular)
salamandair (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a salamandair (indefinite singular)
a salamandara (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
salamandair (indefinite singular)
salamandar (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an salamandar (definite singular)
na salamandair (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
an salamandair (definite singular)
na salamandar (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an salamandar (definite singular)
don salamandar (definite singular)
leis na salamandair (definite plural)
salamandar
shalamandar
tsalamandar


salamandar

sh-noun

salamàndar m (Cyrillic spelling салама̀ндар)

salamàndar (canonical masculine)
салама̀ндар (Cyrillic)
salamandar (nominative singular)
salamandri (nominative plural)
salamandra (genitive singular)
salamandara (genitive plural)
salamandaru (dative singular)
salamandarima (dative plural)
salamandara (accusative singular)
salamandare (accusative plural)
salamandaru (singular vocative)
salamandari (plural vocative)
salamandaru (locative singular)
salamandarima (locative plural)
salamandarom (instrumental singular)
salamandarima (instrumental plural)

From German Salamander, from Latin salamandra, from Ancient Greek σᾰλᾰμάνδρα (sălămándra).


madfall ddŵr

madfallod dŵr (plural)
madfall ddŵr
fadfall ddŵr (soft)

From madfall (“lizard”) + dŵr (“water”); literally "water lizard".


samandarin

The main steroidal alkaloid of the skin glands of the fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra). It is extremely toxic.


sa giông

[saː˧˧ zəwŋ͡m˧˧]

[ʂaː˧˧ jəwŋ͡m˧˧]

[saː˧˧ jəwŋ͡m˧˧]

[ʂaː˧˧ jəwŋ͡m˧˧]

[saː˧˧ jəwŋ͡m˧˧]


kì giông

[ki˨˩ zəwŋ͡m˧˧]

[kɪj˦˩ jəwŋ͡m˧˧]

[kɪj˨˩ jəwŋ͡m˧˧]

Perhaps from a dialectal (likely northern) pronunciation of kì nhông (“iguana”).


cá cóc Tam Đảo

[kaː˧˦ kawk͡p̚˧˦ taːm˧˧ ʔɗaːw˧˩]

[kaː˨˩˦ kawk͡p̚˦˧˥ taːm˧˧ ʔɗaːw˧˨]

[kaː˦˥ kawk͡p̚˦˥ taːm˧˧ ʔɗaːw˨˩˦]


manh giông

[majŋ̟˧˧ zəwŋ͡m˧˧]

[mɛɲ˧˧ jəwŋ͡m˧˧]

manh + giông (“salamander”); the first element is the Sino-Vietnamese word from 盲 (“blind”).
Most likely derived from Chinese 盲螈 (manh nguyên, “blind salamander”), with Sinitic 螈 (nguyên) being replaced by native giông while still keeping Chinese head-final structure. The result of regular calqueing would be *(kì) giông mù.


cá cóc

[kaː˨˩˦ kawk͡p̚˦˧˥]


land-salamander

From land + salamander. Compare Dutch landsalamander, German Landsalamander.

They think they can turn him into something rich and strange —turn him in a single generation—even as certain ingenious experimentalists turned what Nature meant for a land-salamander into a water-salamander, with new ruddertail and gills instead of lungs and feet suppressed, by feeding him with water animals in oxygenated water and cajoling his functions.

1888, The Athenæum: A Journal of Literature, Science, the Fine Arts

A salamander (Order Caudata) that habitually or permanently lives its life on land.

A name given to the terrestrial phase of a newt; eft.


water-salamander

From water + salamander. Compare Dutch watersalamander (“newt”).

(zoology) Any salamander (Order Urodela) which habitually or permanently lives in water.


大山椒魚

ja-noun

大(おお)山(さん)椒(しょう)魚(うお) or 大山椒魚(オオサンショウウオ) • (ōsanshōuo) ^(←おほさんせううを (ofosanseuuwo) or オホサンセウウヲ (ofosanseuuwo)?)

大山椒魚 (canonical)
大山椒魚 (canonical)
ōsanshōuo (romanization)
ofosanseuuwo (romanization)
おほさんせううを (hiragana historical)
オホサンセウウヲ (hiragana historical)

[o̞ːsã̠ɰ̃ɕo̞ːɯ̟o̞]

大(おお) (ō, “big”) + 山椒魚(さんしょううお) (sanshōuo, “primitive salamander”)

ja-compound

Japanese giant salamander
Japanese giant salamander

a Japanese giant salamander, Andrias japonicus

ja:オオサンショウウオ


山椒魚

ja-noun

山(さん)椒(しょう)魚(うお) or 山椒魚(サンショウウオ) • (sanshōuo) ^(←さんせううを (sanseuuwo) or サンセウウヲ (sanseuuwo)?)

山椒魚 (canonical)
山椒魚 (canonical)
sanshōuo (romanization)
sanseuuwo (romanization)
さんせううを (hiragana historical)
サンセウウヲ (hiragana historical)

[sã̠ɰ̃ɕo̞ːɯ̟o̞]

山(さん)椒(しょう) (sanshō, “Japanese pepper”) + 魚(うお) (uo, “fish”).

ja-compound

a primitive salamander; a cryptobranchoid


Proteidae

A taxonomic family within the order Caudata – aquatic salamanders, all but the olm, among extant species, native to North America.


salamandră

salamandre (plural)
salamandră (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
salamandra (accusative definite nominative singular)
salamandre (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
salamandrele (accusative definite nominative plural)
salamandre (indefinite singular)
salamandrei (definite singular)
salamandrelor (definite plural)
salamandră (singular vocative)
salamandro (singular vocative)
salamandrelor (vocative)


urodelan

(zoology) Any member of the order Urodela (syn. of Caudata); a salamander.


pleurodeline

It is proportionally smaller than in any other pleurodeline, extant or extinct.

2015 October 1, “An Extremely Peramorphic Newt (Urodela: Salamandridae: Pleurodelini) from the Latest Oligocene of Germany, and a New Phylogenetic Analysis of Extant and Extinct Salamandrids”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

Any newt of the subfamily Pleurodelinae.


Ambystomatidae

A taxonomic family within the order Caudata – certain salamanders.


井守

ja-noun

井(い)守(もり) or 井守(イモリ) • (imori) ^(←ゐもり (wimori) or ヰモリ (wimori)?)

井守 (canonical)
井守 (canonical)
imori (romanization)
wimori (romanization)
ゐもり (hiragana historical)
ヰモリ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 井 (i, “well”) + 守り (mori, “protector, guardian”, 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 守る moru, “to protect, to guard”).
First cited to roughly 900 CE.

赤腹井守

赤腹井守 アカハライモリ

Short for 赤腹井守 (akahara imori, “Japanese fire belly newt”).

赤腹井守

(historical) a job title in the Edo period and earlier, referring to an assistant to the 井司 (ishi, literally “well boss”), both jobs in charge of aspects of the irrigation system


cave salamander

en-noun

cave salamander (plural cave salamanders)

Europe's cave salamanders, scientists agree, must havve come form North America. But when, and by which route?

Any of several species of salamander that inhabit caves, chiefly of the family Plethodontidae, but also including the olm, Proteus anguinus, often showing adaptations to living in such a lightless environment.

French cave salamander, or Spezia cave salamander

Tennessee cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus

Big Mouth Cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus necturoides


赤腹

赤腹 (canonical)
赤腹 (canonical)
akahara (romanization)

ja:アカハラ (曖昧さ回避)

Short for 赤腹井守 (akahara imori, “Japanese fire-bellied newt”). (Cynops pyrrhogaster)


赤腹井守

ja-noun

赤(あか)腹(はら)井(い)守(もり) or 赤腹井守(アカハライモリ) • (akahara imori) ^(←あかはらゐもり (akafarawimori) or アカハラヰモリ (akafarawimori)?)

赤腹井守 (canonical)
赤腹井守 (canonical)
akahara imori (romanization)
akafarawimori (romanization)
あかはらゐもり (hiragana historical)
アカハラヰモリ (hiragana historical)

赤腹 (akahara, “red belly”) + 井守 (imori, “salamandrid”)

com

a Japanese fire belly newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster)


taqtaloq

head

taqtaloq anim (plural taqtaloqq, obviative taqtaloql)

taqtaloqq (plural)
taqtaloql (obviative)


半割

半割 (canonical)
半割 (canonical)
hanzaki (romanization)

From 半 (han-, “half-; semi-”) + 割き (saki, “splitting”, from 割く (saku, “to split”)), perhaps so named due to the skin fold along its body.

pre

from <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">割く</i> (saku, “to split”)

Synonym of 大山椒魚 (ōsanshōuo, “Japanese giant salamander”)


gőte

gőték (plural)
gőte (nominative singular)
gőték (nominative plural)
gőtét (accusative singular)
gőtéket (accusative plural)
gőtének (dative singular)
gőtéknek (dative plural)
gőtével (instrumental singular)
gőtékkel (instrumental plural)
gőtéért (causal-final singular)
gőtékért (causal-final plural)
gőtévé (singular translative)
gőtékké (plural translative)
gőtéig (singular terminative)
gőtékig (plural terminative)
gőteként (essive-formal singular)
gőtékként (essive-formal plural)
gőtében (inessive singular)
gőtékben (inessive plural)
gőtén (singular superessive)
gőtéken (plural superessive)
gőténél (adessive singular)
gőtéknél (adessive plural)
gőtébe (illative singular)
gőtékbe (illative plural)
gőtére (singular sublative)
gőtékre (plural sublative)
gőtéhez (allative singular)
gőtékhez (allative plural)
gőtéből (elative singular)
gőtékből (elative plural)
gőtéről (delative singular)
gőtékről (delative plural)
gőtétől (ablative singular)
gőtéktől (ablative plural)
gőtéé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
gőtéké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
gőtééi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
gőtékéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
gőtém (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
gőtéim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
gőtéd (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
gőtéid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
gőtéje (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
gőtéi (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
gőténk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
gőtéink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
gőtétek (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
gőtéitek (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
gőtéjük (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
gőtéik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

unknown

Of unknown origin.


Mexican walking fish

en-noun

Mexican walking fish (plural Mexican walking fish)


ensatina

A salamander native to western North America in the genus Ensatina.


Räägemoli

(Uri) Alpine salamander (Salamandra atra)


Wassermoli

(Uri) Alpine salamander, Salamandra atra


Moli

From Middle High German mol, molle, from Old High German mol, mollo, from Proto-Germanic *mulô. Cognate with German Molch.


cryptobranchoid

Borrowed from translingual Cryptobranchoidea, from translingual Cryptobranchus.

Any salamander of the suborder Cryptobranchoidea.


marbled salamander

marbled salamander (plural marbled salamanders)

Through meticulous research, Urban found that in some ponds the marbled salamander heavily preyed upon the spotted salamanders, until there were few left.

2015 May 21, Victoria Schlesinger, “Backyard evolution”, in Aeon:

A species of mole salamander, Ambystoma opacum, having a dark body with marbled white markings,


spotted salamander

spotted salamander (plural spotted salamanders)

His study began when he noticed that spotted salamanders thrived in some vernal pools while in others, just 100 metres away, their numbers were limited.

A species of mole salamander, Ambystoma maculatum, endemic to the eastern US and Canada.


chien de terre

fr-noun

chien de terre f (plural chiens de terre)


menopome

From Ancient Greek μένω (ménō, “remain”) + πῶμα (pôma, “lid”), referring to its persistent gill aperture.

(obsolete) The hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis).


bolitoglossine

Any salamander of the subfamily Bolitoglossinae


batrachosauroidid

Any salamander of the extinct family †Batrachosauroididae.


limestone salamander

en-noun

limestone salamander (plural limestone salamanders)

Hydromantes brunus, a lungless salamander endemic to California.


Teichmolch

de-noun

Teichmolch m (strong, genitive Teichmolches or Teichmolchs, plural Teichmolche)

Teichmolches (genitive)
Teichmolchs (genitive)
Teichmolche (plural)
Teichmolch (nominative singular)
Teichmolche (definite nominative plural)
Teichmolches (genitive singular)
Teichmolchs (genitive singular)
Teichmolche (definite genitive plural)
Teichmolch (dative singular)
Teichmolche (dative singular)
Teichmolchen (dative definite plural)
Teichmolch (accusative singular)
Teichmolche (accusative definite plural)

/ˈtaɪ̯çˌmɔlç/


tálknamandra

is-noun

tálknamandra f (genitive singular tálknamöndru, nominative plural tálknamöndrur)

tálknamöndru (genitive singular)
tálknamöndrur (nominative plural)
tálknamandra (indefinite nominative singular)
tálknamandran (definite nominative singular)
tálknamöndrur (indefinite nominative plural)
tálknamöndrurnar (definite nominative plural)
tálknamöndru (accusative indefinite singular)
tálknamöndruna (accusative definite singular)
tálknamöndrur (accusative indefinite plural)
tálknamöndrurnar (accusative definite plural)
tálknamöndru (dative indefinite singular)
tálknamöndrunni (dative definite singular)
tálknamöndrum (dative indefinite plural)
tálknamöndrunum (dative definite plural)
tálknamöndru (genitive indefinite singular)
tálknamöndrunnar (definite genitive singular)
tálknamandra (genitive indefinite plural)
tálknamandranna (definite genitive plural)


美西螈

/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/

/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/


odmieniec

odmieniec (nominative singular)
odmieńce (nominative plural)
odmieńca (genitive singular)
odmieńców (genitive plural)
odmieńcowi (dative singular)
odmieńcom (dative plural)
odmieńca (accusative singular)
odmieńce (accusative plural)
odmieńcem (instrumental singular)
odmieńcami (instrumental plural)
odmieńcu (locative singular)
odmieńcach (locative plural)
odmieńcu (singular vocative)
odmieńce (plural vocative)

odmieniec jaskiniowy

odmieniec amerykański


ofegabous

[uˌfɛ.ɣəˈβɔws]

Verb-object compound, composed of ofega (“to smother”) + bous (“oxen”), from the fact that it secrets poisons when bitten.


earc

head

earc m (genitive singular eirc, nominative plural earca)

eirc (genitive singular)
earca (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
earc (indefinite singular)
earca (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a eirc (indefinite singular)
a earca (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
eirc (indefinite singular)
earc (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an t-earc (definite singular)
na hearca (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
an eirc (definite singular)
na n-earc (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an earc (definite singular)
don earc (definite singular)
leis na hearca (definite plural)
earc
n-earc
hearc
t-earc

From Middle Irish erc (“speckled”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸerkos (“speckled”), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“speckled, coloured”).


Strinati's cave salamander

en-noun

Strinati's cave salamander (plural Strinati's cave salamanders)

Dedicated to Swiss biospeleologist, zoologist and herpetologist Pierre Strinati.

Strinati's cave salamander is one of just seven European cave salamanders, four of which are found only on the island of Sardinia, the others being distributed in southwestern France and Italy, San Marino and Monaco.

A small salamander, Speleomantes strinatii, found in northwest Italy and southeast France.


dwarf siren

An eel-like salamander of the genus Pseudobranchus, having external gills throughout adulthood and lacking hind legs.


tryton

tryton (nominative singular)
trytony (nominative plural)
trytona (genitive singular)
trytonów (genitive plural)
trytonowi (dative singular)
trytonom (dative plural)
trytona (accusative singular)
trytony (accusative plural)
trytonem (instrumental singular)
trytonami (instrumental plural)
trytonie (locative singular)
trytonach (locative plural)
trytonie (singular vocative)
trytony (plural vocative)

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) merman


spectacled salamander

spectacled salamander (plural spectacled salamanders)

The study also revealed that the gloriously colourful Italian spectacled salamanders diverged from the rest of the salamandrid family while the dinosaurs still lived.

Either of two species of European salamander of the genus Salamandrina.


fire-bellied newt

fire-bellied newt (plural fire-bellied newts)

Even later, around 29 million years ago, some salamandrids reached Asia, and they in turn gave rise to the fire-bellied newts, paddle-tailed newts, and other Asian types.

Any species of Asian newt of the genus Cynops.


paddle-tailed newt

paddle-tailed newt (plural paddle-tailed newts)

Any species of Chinese newt of the genus Pachytriton.


Plethodon

A taxonomic genus within the family Plethodontidae – woodland salamanders.


California newt

California newt (plural California newts)

Taricha torosa, a species of newt, endemic to California, whose skin produces tetrodotoxin.


northern slimy salamander

northern slimy salamander (plural northern slimy salamanders)

Plethodon glutinosus, a terrestrial salamander of the eastern United States.


tritón alpino

es-noun

tritón alpino m (plural tritones alpinos)


salamandra portuguesa

salamandra portuguesa f (plural salamandras portuguesas)

The gold-striped salamander, Chioglossa lusitanica.


salamandra tigrada

ca-noun

salamandra tigrada f (plural salamandres tigrades)


범무늬도롱뇽

범 (beom, “tiger”) + 무늬 (munui, “pattern”) + 도롱뇽 (dorongnyong, “(Korean) salamander”)


tritón jaspeado

es-noun

tritón jaspeado m (plural tritones jaspeados)


palmate newt

Lissotriton helveticus, a newt found in Western Europe.


alpine salamander

en-noun

alpine salamander (plural alpine salamanders)

Salamandra atra, a black salamander found in certain mountainous parts of Europe.


tritó pirinenc

ca-noun

tritó pirinenc m (plural tritons pirinencs)


madfall ddŵr balfog

cy-noun

madfall ddŵr balfog m (plural madfallod dŵr palfog)

From madfall ddŵr (“newt”) + balfog, feminine form of palfog (“palmate”).


tritó crestat

ca-noun

tritó crestat m (plural tritons crestats)

northern crested newt (Triturus cristatus)


Schlammteufel

de-noun

Schlammteufel m (strong, genitive Schlammteufels, plural Schlammteufel)

Schlammteufels (genitive)
Schlammteufel (plural)
Schlammteufel (nominative singular)
Schlammteufel (definite nominative plural)
Schlammteufels (genitive singular)
Schlammteufel (definite genitive plural)
Schlammteufel (dative singular)
Schlammteufeln (dative definite plural)
Schlammteufel (accusative singular)
Schlammteufel (accusative definite plural)

From Schlamm (“mud”) + Teufel (“devil”).


Fadenmolch

Fadenmolch m (strong, genitive Fadenmolches or Fadenmolchs, plural Fadenmolche)

Fadenmolches (genitive)
Fadenmolchs (genitive)
Fadenmolche (plural)
Fadenmolch (nominative singular)
Fadenmolche (definite nominative plural)
Fadenmolches (genitive singular)
Fadenmolchs (genitive singular)
Fadenmolche (definite genitive plural)
Fadenmolch (dative singular)
Fadenmolche (dative singular)
Fadenmolchen (dative definite plural)
Fadenmolch (accusative singular)
Fadenmolche (accusative definite plural)


salamandra lusitànica

ca-noun

salamandra lusitànica f (plural salamandres lusitàniques)

gold-striped salamander (Chioglossa lusitanica)


gweronell

gweronelled (plural)
gweronell (singular unmutated)
weronell (mutation-soft singular)
kweronell (mutation-hard singular)
gweronelled (plural unmutated)
weronelled (mutation-soft plural)
kweronelled (mutation-hard plural)


Plethodontidae

English: plethodontid

Plethodon m + -idae f pl. The second 't' is from a combining declension of Ancient Greek ὀδούς m (odoús, “tooth”).

A taxonomic family within the order Urodela – lungless salamanders or plethodontids.


Abe's salamander

en-noun

Abe's salamander (plural Abe's salamanders)

From Abe (Japanese surname, from Yoshio Abe) + -'s + salamander, a partial calque of translingual Hynobius abei.

partial calque

Hynobius abei, a critically endangered species of salamander endemic to Japan.


lungless salamander

en-noun

lungless salamander (plural lungless salamanders)

(herpetology) Any of numerous salamanders in the family Plethodontidae, who do not have lungs, and instead respirate through their skin and the lining of their mouths.


sabanduxa

From the evolution of Latin salamandra (“salamander”) + -uxa, or either related to Spanish sabandija.


tritó del Montseny

ca-noun

tritó del Montseny m (plural tritons del Montseny)

Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi), a species of salamander endemic to the Montseny Massif in Catalonia.


小鯢

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni³⁵/

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni³⁵/


Larch Mountain salamander

en-noun

Larch Mountain salamander (plural Larch Mountain salamanders)

Plethodon larselli, a small species of salamander endemic to the United States.


洞螈

/tʊŋ⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

/tʊŋ⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/