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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

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

The experience inspired her to start the newt brigade, which has since amassed dozens of dedicated members.

From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2023

She had lined her pencil-box with pond-weed ready to receive the creature, but she discovered that it was not easy to get the newt out of the hat and into the pencil-box.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl

Work will begin in the autumn to create new wetland areas that will support bats, newts, kingfishers and internationally important populations of wading birds and waterfowl.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

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

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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