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Salam (gcide) | Salam \Sa*lam\ (s[.a]*l[aum]m"), n. [Ar. sal[=a]m peace,
safety.]
A salutation or compliment of ceremony in the east by word or
act; an obeisance, performed by bowing very low and placing
the right palm on the forehead. [Written also salaam.]
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brunei darussalam (mass) | Brunei Darussalam
- Brunej |
salama (msasasci) | salama
- wurst |
salamunove ostrovy (msasasci) | Salamunove ostrovy
- SB, SLB, Solomon Islands |
climbing salamander (encz) | climbing salamander, n: |
dusky salamander (encz) | dusky salamander, n: |
eastern red-backed salamander (encz) | eastern red-backed salamander, n: |
fire salamander (encz) | fire salamander, n: |
giant salamander (encz) | giant salamander, n: |
hungarian salami (encz) | Hungarian salami,uherský salám |
limestone salamander (encz) | limestone salamander, n: |
lungless salamander (encz) | lungless salamander, n: |
mole salamander (encz) | mole salamander, n: |
olympic salamander (encz) | olympic salamander, n: |
salamander (encz) | salamander,mlok n: Vít Profantsalamander,salamandr n: Zdeněk Brož |
salamandriform (encz) | salamandriform, adj: |
salami (encz) | salami,salám |
slender salamander (encz) | slender salamander, n: |
spotted salamander (encz) | spotted salamander, n: |
tiger salamander (encz) | tiger salamander, n: |
web-toed salamander (encz) | web-toed salamander, n: |
western red-backed salamander (encz) | western red-backed salamander, n: |
worm salamander (encz) | worm salamander, n: |
salamandr (czen) | salamandr,salamandern: Zdeněk Brož |
Darussalam Bandar Seri Begawan (gcide) | Darussalam Bandar Seri Begawan \Darussalam Bandar Seri Begawan\
prop. n. (Geography)
The capital city of Brunei. Population (2000) = 52,300.
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Giant salamander (gcide) | Giant \Gi"ant\, a.
Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as,
giant brothers; a giant son.
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Giant cell. (Anat.) See Myeloplax.
Giant clam (Zool.), a bivalve shell of the genus
Tridacna, esp. T. gigas, which sometimes weighs 500
pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to
contain holy water.
Giant heron (Zool.), a very large African heron ({Ardeomega
goliath}). It is the largest heron known.
Giant kettle, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found
in Norway in connection with glaciers. See Pothole.
Giant powder. See Nitroglycerin.
Giant puffball (Bot.), a fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum),
edible when young, and when dried used for stanching
wounds.
Giant salamander (Zool.), a very large aquatic salamander
(Megalobatrachus maximus), found in Japan. It is the
largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long.
Giant squid (Zool.), one of several species of very large
squids, belonging to Architeuthis and allied genera.
Some are over forty feet long.
[1913 Webster]Salamander \Sal"a*man`der\, n. [F. salamandre, L. salamandra,
Gr. ?; cf. Per. samander, samandel.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of Urodela, belonging
to Salamandra, Amblystoma, Plethodon, and various
allied genera, especially those that are more or less
terrestrial in their habits.
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Note: The salamanders have, like lizards, an elongated body,
four feet, and a long tail, but are destitute of
scales. They are true Amphibia, related to the frogs.
Formerly, it was a superstition that the salamander
could live in fire without harm, and even extinguish it
by the natural coldness of its body.
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I have maintained that salamander of yours with
fire any time this two and thirty years. --Shak.
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Whereas it is commonly said that a salamander
extinguisheth fire, we have found by experience
that on hot coals, it dieth immediately. --Sir T.
Browne.
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2. (Zool.) The pouched gopher (Geomys tuza) of the Southern
United States.
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3. A culinary utensil of metal with a plate or disk which is
heated, and held over pastry, etc., to brown it.
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4. A large poker. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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5. (Metal.) Solidified material in a furnace hearth.
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Giant salamander. (Zool.) See under Giant.
Salamander's hair or Salamander's wool (Min.), a species
of asbestos or mineral flax. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Hemisalamandra cristata (gcide) | Triton \Tri"ton\ (tr[imac]"t[o^]n), n. [L., fr. Gr. Tri`twn.]
(Gr. Myth.)
A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and
the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and
painters as having the upper part of his body like that of a
man, and the lower part like that of a fish. He often has a
trumpet made of a shell.
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Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea,
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.
--Wordsworth.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of many species of marine gastropods
belonging to Triton and allied genera, having a stout
spiral shell, often handsomely colored and ornamented with
prominent varices. Some of the species are among the
largest of all gastropods. Called also trumpet shell,
and sea trumpet.
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3. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of aquatic
salamanders. The common European species are
Hemisalamandra cristata, Molge palmata, and {Molge
alpestris}, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland.
The most common species of the United States is
Diemyctylus viridescens. See Illust. under Salamander.
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Salamander (gcide) | Salamander \Sal"a*man`der\, n. [F. salamandre, L. salamandra,
Gr. ?; cf. Per. samander, samandel.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of Urodela, belonging
to Salamandra, Amblystoma, Plethodon, and various
allied genera, especially those that are more or less
terrestrial in their habits.
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Note: The salamanders have, like lizards, an elongated body,
four feet, and a long tail, but are destitute of
scales. They are true Amphibia, related to the frogs.
Formerly, it was a superstition that the salamander
could live in fire without harm, and even extinguish it
by the natural coldness of its body.
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I have maintained that salamander of yours with
fire any time this two and thirty years. --Shak.
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Whereas it is commonly said that a salamander
extinguisheth fire, we have found by experience
that on hot coals, it dieth immediately. --Sir T.
Browne.
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2. (Zool.) The pouched gopher (Geomys tuza) of the Southern
United States.
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3. A culinary utensil of metal with a plate or disk which is
heated, and held over pastry, etc., to brown it.
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4. A large poker. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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5. (Metal.) Solidified material in a furnace hearth.
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Giant salamander. (Zool.) See under Giant.
Salamander's hair or Salamander's wool (Min.), a species
of asbestos or mineral flax. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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