Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

water-salamander

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter-sala-man-der
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salamander (Order Urodela) which habitually or permanently lives in water.

noun

Etymology

From water + salamander. Compare Dutch watersalamander (“newt”).

Inflected Forms

water-salamanders (plural)

Phrases

land-salamander

Frequently Paired Words

land-salamander

Synonyms

ask newt

Questions

What does water-salamander mean?: Any salamander (Order Urodela) which habitually or permanently lives in water.
Where does water-salamander come from?: From water + salamander. Compare Dutch watersalamander (“newt”).

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