SALAMANDER, n. Originally a reptile inhabiting fire; later, an anthropomorphous immortal, but still a pyrophile. Salamanders are now believed to be extinct, the last one of which we have an account having been seen in Carcassonne by the Abbe Belloc, who exorcised it with a bucket of holy water. - Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Bierce: "SALAMANDER, n. Originally a reptile inhabiting fire; later, an anthropomorphous immortal, but still a pyrophile. Salamanders are now believed to be extinct, the last one of which we have an account having been seen in Carcassonne by the Abbe Belloc, who exorcised it with a bucket of holy water."

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Abbe	Account	Anthropomorphous	Believed
Belloc	Bucket	Carcassonne	Exorcised
Extinct	Fire	Having	Holy
Immortal	Inhabiting	Last	Later
Originally	Pyrophile	Reptile	Salamander
Salamanders	Still	Water

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