newt

[ noot, nyoot ]
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noun
  1. 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.

  2. any of various other small salamanders.

Origin of newt

1
1375–1425; late Middle English newte, for ewte (the phrase an ewte being taken as a newte;cf. nickname), variant of evet,Old English efeteeft1

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newt

/ (njuːt) /


noun
  1. 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

  2. mainly British any other urodele amphibian, including the salamanders

Origin of newt

1
C15: from a newt, a mistaken division of an ewt; ewt, from Old English eveta eft 1

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