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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

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

“It’s important to build safe passages for all kinds of animals, whether it’s a little tiny newt or a big beautiful mountain lion,” Ms. Gale said.

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




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