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hellbender

Définition, traduction, prononciation, anagramme et synonyme sur le dictionnaire libre Wiktionnaire.
Composé de hell enfer ») et de bender celui qui se tord »).
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(1) Salamandre géante américaine (Hellbender)

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  1. (Batrachologie) Salamandre géante endémique de l’est des États-Unis d’Amérique (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis).
  2. Personne acharnée, obstinée, ou tenace.

Vocabulaire apparenté par le sens

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  • Aide sur le thésaurus hellbender figure dans le recueil de vocabulaire en anglais ayant pour thème : animaux aquatiques.

Références

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  1. “hellbender”, dans Merriam-Webster, 2026 → consulter cet ouvrage
  2. 1 2 3 Avishai Shuter, “Origin of the Name “Hellbender” (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis): An Etymological Alternative”, dans Herpetological Review, no 52 de 2001, pages 53-56. → lire en ligne
    Extrait de la page 54 :
    « The first documentation of this salamander species using the name “Hellbender” appears to be from Barton (1805), wherein he gives a brief description of a “Hell-Bender,” and explains that he intends to expand the note at a later date. The name was not of his own invention and was apparently already in use within certain areas where the animals were found. »
  3. 1 2 Andrew Craig, ”Bigfoot Swims in the Garden of Eden“, dans Humanimalia, no 14.2, printemps 2024. → lire en ligne :
    « André Michaux and his son François encountered hellbenders on several occasions. André caught a “mountain alligator” while fishing on the North Toe River in North Carolina in the 1770s. […] François would again encounter the mountain alligator on his travels through the Holston Valley region of North Carolina and Virginia in 1802 where he observed enslaved African American men referring to this species of two-foot-long salamander as the “hellbender”. »
    « Barton reports that “By the negroes in the western parts of Virginia, […] the reptile is often called Hell-Bender, by reason of its slow twisted motions, when moving in the waters, which the slaves compare to the tortuous pangs of the damned in hell.” »

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