Meanings
plural fire salamanders
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounEuropean salamander having dark skin with usually yellow spots
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα
- σαλαμάνδρα (salamándra)Salamandra salamandra
Catalan salamandra comuna
- salamandra comunaSalamandra salamandra
Dutch vuursalamander
- vuursalamanderSalamandra salamandra
German Feuersalamander
- FeuersalamanderSalamandra salamandra
Italian salamandra pezzata
- salamandra pezzataSalamandra salamandra
Latvian plankumainā salamandra
- plankumainā salamandraSalamandra salamandra
Polish salamandra plamista
- salamandra plamistaSalamandra salamandra
Russian о́гненная салама́ндра, пятни́стая салама́ндра
- о́гненная салама́ндра (ógnennaja salamándra)Salamandra salamandra
- пятни́стая салама́ндра (pjatnístaja salamándra)Salamandra salamandra
- обыкнове́нная салама́ндра (obyknovénnaja salamándra)Salamandra salamandra
Swedish eldsalamander
- eldsalamanderSalamandra salamandra
Cite this entry
fire salamander. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire%20salamander
“fire salamander.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire%20salamander. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fire salamander,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire%20salamander.
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