newt

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I think a newt is a salamander but not all salamanders are newts.

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  1. noun Any of several small, slender, often brightly colored salamanders of the European genus Triturus or the North American genera Notophthalmus and Taricha, living chiefly on land but becoming aquatic during the breeding season.

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  • This is a newt, re-growing its limb. —  Alan Russell on regenerating our bodies
  • Another creature which inspires much terror upon the mind of uneducated folks is the water-newt, in my district called an "ask,"- apparently a corruption of the word "asp," owing to the belief that it is venomous Heather-bleats. —  MY STRANGE PETS AND Other Memories of Country Life
  • Brooks Barnes: "A lonely newt, a strong-willed Scottish princess and modern-day elves are among the stars of 10 new animated movies from Walt Disney Studios and its boutique animation unit, Pixar." —  GreenCine Daily
  • I remember because my pet newt was the first runner-up, and I had to keep him on stand-by the entire year in case the winner was unable to fulfill his obligations. —  Other Crap
  • Anyway here is the video she had removed from You tube: Helen Clark pissed as a newt. —  The Lone Voice
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  1. Middle English neute, from a neute, alteration of an eute, variant of evete, from Old English efete.

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  1. from Middle English newte, an erroneous form due to misdivision of an ewte; ewte, euete, etc., being the same as evet, eft: see eft.
 

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