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newt

[noot, nyoot] / nut, nyut /
NOUN
amphibian
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I’ll never forget the first time I saw a California newt waddling through Millard Canyon falls.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025

Instead, he found a smooth newt, which went home with him.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2023

Here in the Pacific Northwest spring, tiger salamanders emerge from their fossorial homes to breed, and the poisonous rough-skinned newt accelerates its activities with the warming sun.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2023

“They talk to each newt they pick up and say ‘hello there’ and ‘I’m going to carry you across the road,’” Ms. Brammer said.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2023

The newt was still squirming in the tall glass of water.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl




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