Hypertext Webster Gateway: "newt"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Newt \Newt\, n. [OE. ewt, evete, AS. efete, with n prefixed, an
ewt being understood as a newt. Cf. {Eft}.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
newt
n : small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of
North America and Europe and North Asia [syn: {triton}]
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