water-salamander

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Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

water-salamander (plural water-salamanders)

  1. (zoology) Any salamander (Order Urodela) which habitually or permanently lives in water.
  2. (zoology) A newt.

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