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newt

[noot, nyoot] / nut, njut /
NOUN
amphibian
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Dagit said they recently found newt egg masses for the first time in years, as well as a few adult newts and many frogs.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

Conditions require the developers to protect nearby trees, abide by the great crested newt mitigation principles and arrange an "archaeological watching brief".

From BBC Sep. 27, 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 upload this information to the citizen science website iNaturalist in an effort to help scientists learn more about the region’s understudied newt population.

From New York Times Jan. 24, 2023

A boy next door called Rupert Entwistle had told her that if you chopped off a newt's tail, the tail stayed alive and grew into another newt ten times bigger than the first one.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl

Dagit said they recently found newt egg masses for the first time in years, as well as a few adult newts and many frogs.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

She said Evie was "always finding things" like newts and bugs, but said the axolotl discovery was a surprise.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2026

Possibilities, subject to a public consultation, include badgers and otters as well as frogs, hedgehogs, barn owls and newts.

From Barron's Mar. 12, 2026

“We’ve planted 20,000 trees around the site, we’ve replaced habitats and homes for protected species like bats, newts and badgers and created wildflower meadows specifically for wildlife foraging,” the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

You’re not going to believe me, but I’ve had newts stop and stare.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle




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