newt
A small lizard-like amphibian in the subfamily Pleurodelinae that lives in the water…A small lizard-like amphibian in the subfamily Pleurodelinae that lives in the water as an adult.
» Frogs, toads, newts and salamanders are amphibians.
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1 sensesA small lizard-like amphibian in the subfamily Pleurodelinae that lives in the water as an adult.
- small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia
Examples
10 sentencesFrogs, toads, newts and salamanders are amphibians.
Are newts and salamanders amphibians or reptiles?
ruТритоны и саламандры — это земноводные или пресмыкающиеся? — Wezel
I was as pissed as a newt.
The newt disappeared into the dark depths of the river.
Newts and salamanders, unlike frogs and toads, keep their tails as adults.
ruТритоны и саламандры, в отличие от лягушек и жаб, в зрелости сохраняют хвосты. — Wezel
deAnders als Frösche und Kröten behalten Molche und Salamander ihre Schwänze als ausgewachsene Tiere. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From Middle English newte, newete, from rebracketing of Middle English an ewte as a newteFrom Middle English newte, newete, from rebracketing of Middle English an ewte as a newte (for similar misdivisions compare adder, nickname, apron, umpire, etc.). Middle English evete, eute, euete, ewte (“newt”), derives from Old English efete (“lizard; newt”). Doublet of eft.
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