Skink vs. Salamander

Skinknoun

A shin of beef.

Skinknoun

A soup or pottage made from a boiled shin of beef.

Skinknoun

Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a soup or pottage made using other ingredients.

Skinknoun

A lizard of the family Scincidae, having small or reduced limbs or none at all and long tails that are regenerated when shed.

Skinknoun

(obsolete) A drink.

Skinkverb

To serve (a drink).

Skinkverb

To give as a present.

Skinknoun

Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless lizards of the family Scincidæ, common in the warmer parts of all the continents.

Skinknoun

Drink; also, pottage.

Skinkverb

To draw or serve, as drink.

Skinkverb

To serve or draw liquor.

Skinknoun

alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide

Skinknoun

a smooth-bodied lizard with short or absent limbs, typically burrowing in sandy ground, and occurring throughout tropical and temperate regions.

Skink

Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards.

Salamandernoun

A long, slender, chiefly terrestrial amphibian of the order Caudata, superficially resembling a lizard.

Salamandernoun

(mythology) A creature much like a lizard that is resistant to and lives in fire, hence the elemental being of fire.

Salamandernoun

(heraldry) A heraldic representation of the mythological creature, typically accompanied by flames.

Salamandernoun

(cooking) A metal utensil with a flat head which is heated and put over a dish to brown the top.

Salamandernoun

(cooking) A small broiler (North America) or grill (Britain), used in professional cookery primarily for browning.

Salamandernoun

The pouched gopher, Geomys tuza, of the southern United States.

Salamandernoun

A large poker.

Salamandernoun

(metallurgy) Solidified material in a furnace hearth.

Salamanderverb

To use a salamander (cooking utensil) in a cooking process.

Salamandernoun

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.

Salamandernoun

The pouched gopher (Geomys tuza) of the Southern United States.

Salamandernoun

A culinary utensil of metal with a plate or disk which is heated, and held over pastry, etc., to brown it.

Salamandernoun

A large poker.

Salamandernoun

Solidified material in a furnace hearth.

Salamandernoun

any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed

Salamandernoun

reptilian creature supposed to live in fire

Salamandernoun

fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire

Salamander

Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by a lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults. All 10 present-day salamander families are grouped together under the order Urodela.