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Noun: newt  n(y)oot
  1. Small usually bright-coloured semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia
    "The red-spotted newt's bright coloration serves as a warning to predators";
    - triton

Derived forms: newts

Type of: salamander

Part of: family Salamandridae, Salamandridae

Encyclopedia: Newt, Kentucky