Newt Definition

no͝ot, nyo͝ot
noun
Any of various small salamanders (family Salamandridae) that can live both on land and in water.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Newt

Noun

Singular:
newt
Plural:
newts

Origin of Newt

  • From the older forms ewt, from euft, from eft, Old English efete. The n comes from hearing “an ewt" as “a newt"; compare apron, nickname, orange, daffodil', and, for a similar phenomenon, trickle.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English neute from a neute alteration of an eute variant of evete from Old English efete

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Newt Sentence Examples

  • Newt having stirred Ripley's maternal instincts, it's the Battle of the Enraged Mothers.

  • But for its large size - it grows to a length of eleven inches - it is a nearly exact image of the British newt larvae.

  • But the alien queen has hitched a ride on the landing craft, and just when Ripley and Newt have finished tucking the wounded Hicks into a hypersleep pod, she emerges to continue the battle.

  • Soon it is down to Ripley, Newt, the android Bishop (played by Lance Henriksen) and Corporal Hicks (Michael Beihn, who also played soldier of the future Kyle Reese in Cameron's earlier Terminator) to get away.

  • The common also has a number of ponds, some of which contain the Nationally protected Great-crested newt.

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Words Starting With

NNENEW

Words Ending With

TWTEWT

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Words Starting With N and Ending With T

Starts With N & Ends With TStarts With NE & Ends With TStarts With N & Ends With WT

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With N4 Letter Words Ending With T