Meaning

1 senses
  1. A fictional reptilian humanoid creature with characteristics of both dragons and newts, often depicted with scales, tails, and reptilian features.

Origin

Borrowed from Japaneseドラゴニュート (doragonyūto), itself a transliteration of the English words

Borrowed from Japaneseドラゴニュート (doragonyūto), itself a transliteration of the English words dragon and newt, equivalent to dragon + newt. Reborrowed into English via Japanese fantasy and gaming media.

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Forms

plural: dragonewts
Singulardragonewt
Pluraldragonewts

regular

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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