fire salamander en · NOUN
Meanings
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A medium-sized black salamander with yellow spots (Salamandra salamandra), native to Europe, related to the tiger salamander.
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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fire salamanders | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (12)
de Feuersalamander (Salamandra salamandra) · it salamandra pezzata (Salamandra salamandra) · ru обыкнове́нная салама́ндра (Salamandra salamandra) · nl vuursalamander (Salamandra salamandra) · pl salamandra plamista (Salamandra salamandra) · grc σαλαμάνδρα (Salamandra salamandra) · lv plankumainā salamandra (Salamandra salamandra) · ru о́гненная салама́ндра (Salamandra salamandra) · ru пятни́стая салама́ндра (Salamandra salamandra) · ast sacavera (Salamandra salamandra) · sv eldsalamander (Salamandra salamandra) · ca salamandra comuna (Salamandra salamandra)