newt
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- noun
- /njuːt/
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tritón
- After observing the aquatic habitat, we spotted a newt swimming gracefully among the reeds.
- newts and toads
- newt cells
- other newts
I'd like the fact that newts can regenerate their limbs.
- I'd like the fact that newts can regenerate their limbs.
- OK, So you know, humans aren't as cool as some organisms like newts and that you can't like, cut off your arm and have it grow back.
Examples
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And here we have a triturus, in this case a great crested Newt, so Auk native species.
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Triturus cristatus, the great crested newt.
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How well does TTX actually protect the newt, given that a predator has developed resistance to the toxin?
Academic text (1999) -
Numerous orange-bellied newts died in our shears, in our irrigation pipes, by our cars, and by our feet.
Academic text (1994) -
The newt is often found near ponds, where it breeds during the warmer months.
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The great crested newt, recognizable by its wavy crest, is a protected species in many areas.
Synonyms
A small brightly colored newt that lives in water and on land
Compounds
- Specialized
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A small salamander with rough skin that lives near streams on the Pacific coast
- Specialized
A small poisonous salamander with rough skin that lives in California
- Specialized
A rough-skinned newt that lives in western North America and has poison in its skin
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Newt comes from an older English word eft, which meant a 'young salamander'. Over time people said 'an eft' and the 'n' moved into the word, making newt. So newt today still names the small salamander that often lives in water.