What is "geomys tuza"

Salamander \Sal"a*man`der\, n. [F. salamandre, L. salamandra, Gr. ?; cf. Per. samander, samandel.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

   Note: The salamanders have, like lizards, an elongated body, four feet, and a long tail, but are destitute of scales. They are true Amphibia, related to the frogs. Formerly, it was a superstition that the salamander could live in fire without harm, and even extinguish it by the natural coldness of its body.

   I have maintained that salamander of yours with fire any time this two and thirty years.
   --Shak.

   Whereas it is commonly said that a salamander extinguisheth fire, we have found by experience that on hot coals, it dieth immediately.
   --Sir T. Browne.

2. (Zo["o]l.) The pouched gopher ( Geomys tuza) of the Southern United States.

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

4. A large poker. [Prov. Eng.]
   --Halliwell.

5. (Metal.) Solidified material in a furnace hearth.

   Giant salamander. (Zo["o]l.) See under Giant.

   Salamander's hair or Salamander's wool (Min.), a species of asbestos or mineral flax. [Obs.]
   --Bacon.