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newt

[noot, nyoot] / nut, njut /
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

It is home to a wide variety of protected species, including the great crested newt, water vole, bats, otters and grass snakes.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 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

A newt eager to get across a road was assisted by members of the Chileno Valley Newt Brigade in Marin County, Calif.Credit...

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2023

Curiously enough, she had never seen a newt before.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl




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