Newt

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Newt \Newt\, n. [OE. ewt, evete, AS. efete, with n prefixed, an
     ewt being understood as a newt. Cf. {Eft}.] (Zool.)
     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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  newt
       n : small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of
           North America and Europe and northern Asia [syn: {triton}]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  NEWT
       NeWS Terminal, "NeWT"