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COMMON NEWT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common newt mean?
• COMMON NEWT (noun)
The noun COMMON NEWT has 1 sense:
1. small semiaquatic salamander
Familiarity information: COMMON NEWT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small semiaquatic salamander
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
common newt; Triturus vulgaris
Hypernyms ("common newt" is a kind of...):
newt; triton (small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia)
Holonyms ("common newt" is a member of...):
genus Triturus; Triturus (chiefly aquatic salamanders)
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