noun
1. glossy black North American salamander with yellow spots
• Syn: ↑Ambystoma maculatum
• Hypernyms: ↑ambystomid, ↑ambystomid salamander
2. European salamander having dark skin with usually yellow spots
• Syn: ↑fire salamander, ↑Salamandra maculosa
• Hypernyms: ↑salamander
• Member Holonyms: ↑Salamandra, ↑genus Salamandra
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noun : any of various tailed amphibians having dark skin with usually yellow spots or blotches:
a. : a European salamander (Salamandra maculosa) that is black with large yellow or orange blotches — called also fire salamander
b. : a common No. American amphibian (Ambystoma maculatum syn. A. punctatum) with glossy black skin spotted with yellow on the back
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spotted salamander,
a bluish-black salamander with two rows of yellow spots along the back and tail, common in the eastern United States and Canada.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.