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NEWT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia
Synonyms:
newt; triton
Classified under:
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)