Definitions

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  • adjective Having the form or characteristics of a newt

Etymologies

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newt +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Caz had returned a few moments ago with a fat, newtlike creature.

    A Corridor in the Asylum 2010

  • And that left the not-horse in such a fury that he savaged the first servant who came to take him, leaving the long, thin newtlike thing mewling, with its face torn open and its bowels oozing onto the cobblestones of the courtyard.

    Ill Met By Moonlight Lackey, Mercedes 2005

  • Now and then, as I swam strongly through the twists and turns of the pipe, I encountered pale piscoids and newtlike creatures that must have fed on the small fry.

    Perseus Spur May, Julian, 1931- 1998

  • i knew you before you had a mother, when you were newtlike, swimming,

    Poéfrika 2009

  • i knew you before you had a mother, when you were newtlike, swimming,

    Poéfrika 2009

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