"land-salamander" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: land-salamanders [plural], land salamander [alternative]
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.
    Sense id: en-land-salamander-en-noun-YEifWX~y
  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: 31 69 Disambiguation of Salamanders: 33 67 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: water-salamander

Inflected forms

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