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Term: Salamanders

DEFINITIONs:
1.  Salamanders are elemental spirits of Fire.
2.  salamander [ME salamandre, F salamandre, L salamandra Gr. salamandra; cf. Per. samander, samandel.] In the theory of Paracelsus, a being inhabiting the element fire.
SOURCE:  Merriam-Webster, 1927