newt
newt
Definition
newt (no̵̅o̅t, nyo̵̅o̅t)
noun
any of various small salamanders (family Salamandridae) that can live both on land and in water
Etymology: ME neute < (a)n eute < OE efeta, eft
newt
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- include: There is a pond and wildlife area which attracts various species including crested newts.
- find: We then moved to the garden pond and found newts of many types and a huge Great Diving Beetle.
- protect: The endangered and protected great crested newts had made the abandoned holiday camp their home.
- breed: Outside the breeding season newts live on land in moist damp areas.
- have: Are we really going to allow our council to let ponds be filled in that have rare newts in ( Northgate Village )?
- catch: As a youngster I used catch newts in the dike.
Noun used with modifier
- adult: Newts spend much of their year on land, however, toward the end of winter adult newts return to water to breed.
Adjective modifier
- crested: Great crested newts are best suited to ponds which are slightly alkaline.
- palmate: Smooth and palmate newts rarely live beyond around five years.
- great-crested: The common also has a number of ponds, some of which contain the Nationally protected Great-crested newt.
- smooth: Huge sums are spent on roads, many planned with b 10 e smooth newts thrive.
- great: Great crested newts are best suited to ponds which are slightly alkaline.
- male: Just the tail of a male newt sticks out from the jelly.
Modifies a noun
- triturus: The site is located in eastern Montgomeryshire at the center of the Welsh distribution of great crested newt Triturus cristatus.
- cristatus: The site is located in eastern Montgomeryshire at the center of the Welsh distribution of great crested newt Triturus cristatus.
- gingrich: Which cost the to believe today newt gingrich has a company can.
- tadpole: The newt tadpole looks more like the adult form, unlike frog or toad juveniles which do not.
- pond: Note: the destruction of great crested newt ponds is an offense without a license.
- egg: Goldfish are carnivorous and will also eat newts eggs, dragonfly larvae and anything else that moves!
Preposition: in
- pond: His farm is home to a designated county wildlife site due to the presence of great crested newts in a pond.
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