Definition of: salamander

(sal′ə·man′dər) noun
1. Any of an order (Caudata) of tailed, lizardlike amphibians having a smooth, moist, scaleless skin and usually two pairs of limbs, as the American tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum): once popularly believed able to live in fire.
2. One of the genii fabled to live in fire; an elemental fire spirit in Paracelsus' theory of elementals; hence, a creature fabled to live in fire.
3. Any person or thing that can stand great heat.
4. A large poker or other implement used around or in fire, or when red–hot.
5. A mass of hardened metal or slag remaining in the hearth of a furnace after the fires are drawn: also called shadrach. [<OF salamandre <L salamandra <Gk.]
—sal′a·man′·drine (-drin) adjective
SPOTTED SALAMANDER
(From 6 to 7 inches long over–all)