"land-salamander" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: land-salamanders [plural]
Etymology: From land + salamander. Compare Dutch landsalamander, German Landsalamander. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|land|salamander}} land + salamander, {{cog|nl|landsalamander}} Dutch landsalamander, {{cog|de|Landsalamander}} German Landsalamander Head templates: {{en-noun}} land-salamander (plural land-salamanders)
  1. A salamander (Order Caudata) that habitually or permanently lives its life on land. Categories (lifeform): Newts, Salamanders
    Sense id: en-land-salamander-en-noun-YEifWX~y Disambiguation of Newts: 47 53 Disambiguation of Salamanders: 54 46
  2. A name given to the terrestrial phase of a newt; eft. Categories (lifeform): Newts, Salamanders
    Sense id: en-land-salamander-en-noun---pSzWJv Disambiguation of Newts: 47 53 Disambiguation of Salamanders: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 60 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: land salamander Related terms: water-salamander

Inflected forms

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