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Synonyms for newt


Grammar : Noun
Spell : noot, nyoot
Phonetic Transcription : nut, nyut



Définition of newt

Origin :
  • early 15c., misdivision of an ewte (see N for other examples), from Middle English evete (see eft).
  • As in amphibian : noun cold-blooded vertebrate
Example sentences :
  • The new jaw, or leg, is a newt's, and never by any accident more like that of a frog.
  • Extract from : « The Origin of Species » by Thomas H. Huxley
  • He seized Newt Elkey by the arm and said, "What does she do?"
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • I'd like to know what Newt Copley thinks of the Barville nine.
  • Extract from : « Rival Pitchers of Oakdale » by Morgan Scott
  • Of course every living speck, amoeba or newt, has its own individual soul.
  • Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
  • I never heard of any; but I wanted a newt, and so I proposed that we should fish here.
  • Extract from : « Ernest Bracebridge » by William H. G. Kingston
  • "All I got to say is that you ought to be attendin' to it, if it's your business," said Newt loftily.
  • Extract from : « Anderson Crow, Detective » by George Barr McCutcheon
  • Neither the pike nor the common European water-tortoise will eat this newt.
  • Extract from : « The Making of Species » by Douglas Dewar
  • He was also the Newt who had tried to bushwhack Chuck on the trail.
  • Extract from : « Slim Evans and his Horse Lightning » by Graham M. Dean
  • The skin of the Newt is quite devoid of any exoskeletal structures.
  • Extract from : « The Vertebrate Skeleton » by Sidney H. Reynolds
  • This partly corresponds to the orbitosphenoids of the Newt's skull.
  • Extract from : « The Vertebrate Skeleton » by Sidney H. Reynolds

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