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Webster 1913 Edition


Newt

Newt

,
Noun.
[OE.
ewt
,
evete
, AS.
efete
, with
n
prefixed,
an ewt
being understood as
a newt
. Cf.
Eft
.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of small aquatic salamanders. The common British species are the crested newt (
Triton cristatus
) and the smooth newt (
Lophinus punctatus
). In America,
Diemictylus viridescens
is one of the most abundant species.

Webster 1828 Edition


Newt

NEWT

,
Noun.
A small lizard; an eft.

Definition 2024


newt

newt

English

A male smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris)

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newt (plural newts)

  1. A small lizard-like amphibian in the family Salamandridae that lives in the water as an adult.

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