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salamander

(săl′ə-măn′dər)
n.
1. Any of various small, tailed amphibians of the order Caudata, having porous scaleless skin and usually two pairs of limbs of equal size, found chiefly in northern temperate regions.
2. A portable stove used to heat or dry buildings under construction.

sal′a·man′drine (-drĭn) adj.
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"'When your crew have taken you past these Sirens, I cannot give you coherent directions {100} as to which of two courses you are to take; I will lay the two alternatives before you, and you must consider them for yourself.
First she said we were to keep clear of the Sirens, who sit and sing most beautifully in a field of flowers; but she said I might hear them myself so long as no one else did.
"I had hardly finished telling everything to the men before we reached the island of the two Sirens, {102} for the wind had been very favourable.
"They sang these words most musically, and as I longed to hear them further I made signs by frowning to my men that they should set me free; but they quickened their stroke, and Eurylochus and Perimedes bound me with still stronger bonds till we had got out of hearing of the Sirens' voices.
"I have some excellent ivory-black; it will be done in a moment, and we will replace the Medici by the nymphs or the sirens, whichever you prefer."
The test will include a voice message, a 30-second siren and a second voice message.
Naveed said because of the frequent landslides the tourism industry in Siren valley had adversely been affected.
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Notwithstanding the posture personnel of the Police Service have adopted towards these cars, The Chronicle is nevertheless happy that, at long last, they (police) have mustered the courage to arrest one of these Land Cruiser drivers who was abusing the use of the siren on the Tema-Aflao road.
O, train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note To drown me in thy sister's flood of tears Sing, siren, for thyself, and I will dole Spread o'er the silver waves thy golden hairs, And as a bed I'll take thee, and there lie, And in that glorious supposition think The gains by death that hath such means to die (III, ii, 45-51) But it is Richard de Fournival in his Bestiaire d'Amore (4)who puts an end to the feud of the distinction between sirens and mermaids when he claims "There are three forms of sirens, two of which are half woman and half fish and the other half woman and half - bird." Therefore I would refer to them both as two members of the same species.
BAHRAIN tested its emergency sirens yesterday against a backdrop of mounting tensions in the Gulf.
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