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newt

(no͞ot, nyo͞ot)

Any of several small, often brightly colored, aquatic or semiaquatic salamanders of the family Salamandridae of North America and Eurasia that typically breed in water but spend part of their lives on land.

[Middle English neute, from a neute, alteration of an eute, variant of evete, from Old English efete.]

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newt

(njuːt)

1. (Animals) any of various small semiaquatic urodele amphibians, such as Triturus vulgaris (common newt) of Europe, having a long slender body and tail and short feeble legs

2. (Animals) chiefly Brit any other urodele amphibian, including the salamanders

[C15: from a newt, a mistaken division of an ewt; ewt, from Old English eveta eft¹]

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newt

(nut, nyut)

n.

any of several brilliantly colored, semiaquatic salamanders of the worldwide family Salamandridae, esp. those of the genera Triturus and Notophthalmus.

[1375–1425; late Middle English newte, for ewte (the phrase an ewte being taken as a newte)]

newt

(no͞ot)

Any of several small salamanders that live both on land and in the water. The water-dwelling species have smooth skin, while the land-dwelling species have rough skin.

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Noun

newt - small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia

triton

family Salamandridae, Salamandridae - salamanders

salamander - any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed

common newt, Triturus vulgaris - small semiaquatic salamander

Notophthalmus viridescens, red eft - red terrestrial form of a common North American newt

Pacific newt - any of several rough-skinned newts found in western North America

eft - a newt in its terrestrial stage of development

Translations

سَمَنْدَلُ الْـمَاءِسَمَنْدَل الماء: حَيوان بَرْمائي

čolekmlok

salamander

vesilisko

daždevnjak

tarajos gõte

kambsalamandra

salamandra tritone

イモリ

영원

tritonas

tritons

mlok

vattenödla

semendersu kelerisu kertenkelesi

con sa giông

蝾螈

newt

[njuːt] N → tritón m
see also pissed

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

newt

[ˈnjuːt] n (= animal) → triton mNew Testament n
the New Testament → le Nouveau Testamentnew town n (British) → ville f nouvellenew wave

n → nouvelle vague f
the new wave of satirical comedy → la nouvelle vague de la comédie satirique

modif [cinema] → nouvelle vague; [music] → new wave
new wave music → la musique new waveNew World n
the New World → le Nouveau MondeNew Year n

(= festival) → nouvel an m
Happy New Year! → Bonne année!
to wish sb a happy New Year → souhaiter la bonne année à qn
to celebrate New Year → fêter le nouvel an
the New Year → le nouvel an
He returned home each year to celebrate Christmas and the New Year with his family → Il revenait à la maison chaque année pour fêter Noël et le nouvel an en famille.
The restaurant was closed over the New Year → Le restaurant était fermé pour le nouvel an.

(= next year) in the New Year → au début de l'année prochaineNew Year resolution New Year's resolution n → résolution f pour la nouvelle année
She made a New Year's resolution to get fit → Comme résolution pour la nouvelle année, elle avait décidé d'entretenir sa forme.New Year's n (US) (= day) → jour m de l'an (= eve) → Saint-Sylvestre fNew Year's Day n → jour m de l'an, premier m de l'an
I always spend New Year's Day with the family → Je passe toujours le jour de l'an or le premier de l'an en famille.
on New Year's Day → le jour de l'an, le premier de l'an
on New Year's Day in 2002 → le premier de l'an 2002New Year's Eve n → Saint-Sylvestre f
on New Year's Eve → le soir de la Saint-Sylvestre New Year's Eve partyNew Year's Eve party n → réveillon m de la Saint-SylvestreNew York [ˌnjuːˈjɔː^rk] n → New YorkNew Yorker [ˌnjuːˈjɔː^rkə^r] n → New-Yorkais(e) m/f

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newt

n → Wassermolch m; as pissed as a newt (Brit inf) → voll wie eine Strandhaubitze (inf), → stockbesoffen (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

newt

[njuːt] n → tritone m

newt

(njuːt) noun

a type of small animal which lives on land and in water.

newt

→ سَمَنْدَلُ الْـمَاءِ mlok salamander Wassermolch τρίτων tritón vesilisko triton daždevnjak salamandra イモリ 영원 watersalamander salamander tryton salamandra, tritão тритон vattenödla สัตว์ประเภทจิ้งจกอาศัยได้ทั้งบนบกและในน้ำ su keleri con sa giông 蝾螈

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By the lakes that thus outspread Their lone waters, lone and dead, - Their sad waters, sad and chilly With the snows of the lolling lily, - By the mountains - near the river Murmuring lowly, murmuring ever, - By the grey woods, - by the swamp Where the toad and the newt encamp, - By the dismal tarns and pools Where dwell the Ghouls, - By each spot the most unholy - In each nook most melancholy, - There the traveller meets aghast Sheeted Memories of the Past - Shrouded forms that start and sigh As they pass the wanderer by - White-robed forms of friends long given, In agony, to the Earth - and Heaven.

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"I never sign a paper without reading it first," said Newt man.

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Vincent long ago remarked that Batrachians (frogs, toads, newts) have never been found on any of the many islands with which the great oceans are studded.

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I have seen them (ladies, I am sorry to say, as well as gentlemen) go out, day after day, for example, with empty pill-boxes, and catch newts, and beetles, and spiders, and frogs, and come home and stick pins through the miserable wretches, or cut them up, without a pang of remorse, into little pieces.

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THE smooth newt is Britain's most common and thrives on a diet of worms, slugs, flies and frog-spawn.

NEW TRICIOUS; Vegetarian tastes the difference as she finds live creature in her salad

Due to differences in body size between the predator and adult newt, the efficiency of mammals and great bird predators will probably be high.

Predation-Induced Injuries in Wild Populations of Alpine Newt

From 2007-2009, the vast majority of newt carcasses found were Taricha torosa.

Sex-biased predation on newts of the genus Taricha by a novel predator and its relationship with tetrodotoxin toxicity

Newt replied that, having been in the wilderness four decades, Republicans first would show that they could govern responsibly, and then reform would come.

Re-Newtering America

But Sunday, the 175 nations meeting in Doha, Qatar, voted!--unanimously--to ban all international trade in Kaiser's spotted newt, a small salamander also called the Lorestan newt for its home.

Keep your hands off Lorestan Newt

"In other words, it is a good deal fussier about where it lives than the other two British species of newt.

Our armed forces to defend newts - with 21 ponds; Conservation scheme set for approval

"Newt's World: Internal Byte," by Tallahassee author Susan Womble, is the second in the series.

Newt's World: Internal Byte

Scientists say that the Spanish ribbed newt has to force its bones through its skin every time it is attacked.