salamander vs fire salamander

fire salamander vs salamander

salamander and fire salamander both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
salamander	Yes	No	No	No
fire salamander	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fire salamander is a hyponym of salamander; that is, fire salamander is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than salamander:

salamander: any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed
fire salamander: European salamander having dark skin with usually yellow spots

Other hyponyms of salamander include European fire salamander, Salamandra salamandra, Salamandra maculosa, spotted salamander, alpine salamander, Salamandra atra, newt, triton, ambystomid, ambystomid salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, hellbender, mud puppy, giant salamander, Megalobatrachus maximus, olm, Proteus anguinus, mud puppy, Necturus maculosus, dicamptodon, dicamptodontid, Dicamptodon ensatus, Pacific giant salamander, olympic salamander, Rhyacotriton olympicus, lungless salamander, plethodont, eastern red-backed salamander, Plethodon cinereus, Plethodon vehiculum, western red-backed salamander, dusky salamander, climbing salamander, slender salamander, worm salamander, web-toed salamander, amphiuma, blind eel, congo eel, congo snake, siren.

salamander (noun)	fire salamander (noun)
any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed	European salamander having dark skin with usually yellow spots
fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire
reptilian creature supposed to live in fire

Difference between salamander and fire salamander

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