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newt
[ noot, nyoot ]
/ nut, nyut /
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noun
any of several brilliantly colored salamanders of the family Salamandridae, especially those of the genera Triturus and Notophthalmus, of North America, Europe, and northern Asia.
any of various other small salamanders.
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British Dictionary definitions for newt
newt
/ (njuːt) /
noun
any of various small semiaquatic urodele amphibians, such as Triturus vulgaris (common newt) of Europe, having a long slender body and tail and short feeble legs
mainly British any other urodele amphibian, including the salamanders
Word Origin for newt
C15: from a newt, a mistaken division of an ewt; ewt, from Old English eveta eft 1
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