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noun (plural newts)
  1. a type of salamander
Translations: 
  • German: Molch
Etymology: From the older forms ewt, from euft, from eft, Old English efete. The n comes from hearing "an ewt" as "a newt"; compare apple, nickname, orange, ox, and, for a similar phenomenon, trickle.


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