newt : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: newt	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for newt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
newt n small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia Synonym(s): newt, triton
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[94]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.