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PACIFIC NEWT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pacific newt mean?
• PACIFIC NEWT (noun)
The noun PACIFIC NEWT has 1 sense:
1. any of several rough-skinned newts found in western North America
Familiarity information: PACIFIC NEWT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several rough-skinned newts found in western North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Pacific newt" is a kind of...):
newt; triton (small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Pacific newt"):
rough-skinned newt; Taricha granulosa (newt of humid coast from Alaska to southern California)
California newt; Taricha torosa (newt that is similar to Taricha granulosa in characteristics and habitat)
Holonyms ("Pacific newt" is a member of...):
genus Taricha; Taricha (Pacific newts)
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