3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Newt  \Newt\,  n.  [OE.  ewt,  evete,  AS  efete,  with  n  prefixed,  an 
  ewt  being  understood  as  a  newt.  Cf  {Eft}.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Any  one  of  several  species  of  small  aquatic  salamanders.  The 
  common  British  species  are  the  crested  newt  ({Triton 
  cristatus})  and  the  smooth  newt  ({Lophinus  punctatus}).  In 
  America,  {Diemictylus  viridescens}  is  one  of  the  most 
  abundant  species. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  newt 
  n  :  small  usually  bright-colored  semiaquatic  salamanders  of 
  North  America  and  Europe  and  North  Asia  [syn:  {triton}] 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  NEWT 
  NeWS  Terminal,  NeWT" 
 
 

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