Found 2 items, similar to newt.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: newt newt n : small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia [syn: triton]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Newt Newt \Newt\, n. [OE. ewt, evete, AS. efete, with n prefixed, an ewt being understood as a newt. Cf. Eft.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of small aquatic salamanders. The common British species are the crested newt (Triton cristatus ) and the smooth newt (Lophinus punctatus). In America, Diemictylus viridescens is one of the most abundant species. [1913 Webster]