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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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