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Geomys Mexicanus
(gcide) | Tucan \Tu*can"\, n. (Zool.)
The Mexican pocket gopher (Geomys Mexicanus). It resembles
the common pocket gopher of the Western United States, but is
larger. Called also tugan, and tuza.
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Geomys tuza
(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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genus geomys
(wn) | genus Geomys
n 1: type genus of the Geomyidae [syn: Geomys, genus Geomys] |
geomys bursarius
(wn) | Geomys bursarius
n 1: gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America [syn:
plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius] |
geomys pinetis
(wn) | Geomys pinetis
n 1: gopher of Alabama and Georgia and Florida [syn:
southeastern pocket gopher, Geomys pinetis] |
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