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English
Etymology
From water + salamander. Compare Dutch watersalamander (“newt”).
Noun
water-salamander (plural water-salamanders)
- (zoology) Any salamander (Order Urodela) which habitually or permanently lives in water.
- (zoology) A newt.
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