| 单词 | water salamander |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater salamander water salamander n. a newt. [ < water n. + salamander n., after French salamandre d'eau (1558 in Middle French, or earlier) and post-classical Latin salamandra aquatica (1565 or earlier). Compare slightly earlier water lizard n. and water-eft n.] ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Salmandre d'eau. The water Salamander; black-backed, red-bellied, and full of yellow spots. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. The salamandra aquatica, or water salamander. 1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. II. lxi. 386 The Water-salamanders..are distinguished from the terrestrial forms by being furnished with a compressed fish-like tail. 1939 A. W. Meyer Rise of Embryol. v. 80 He was interested in..the regeneration of the heads of land snails and that of the limbs and tails of water salamanders. 2008 A. H. Verrill Never Dull Moment viii. 66 There were also several species of water salamanders, and I never tired of watching these ‘newts’ change their skins. < as lemmas |
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