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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asiaplay

Synonyms:

newt; triton

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("newt" is a kind of...):

salamander (any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "newt"):

common newt; Triturus vulgaris (small semiaquatic salamander)

Notophthalmus viridescens; red eft (red terrestrial form of a common North American newt)

Pacific newt (any of several rough-skinned newts found in western North America)

eft (a newt in its terrestrial stage of development)

Holonyms ("newt" is a member of...):

family Salamandridae; Salamandridae (salamanders)

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