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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

When a newt is spotted, brigaders work quickly to photograph it and record its location.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2023

“I guess if we have to wait for the eye of newt and heart of toad to present themselves, we might as well get comfortable. What’d you bring?”

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool




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