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Date: 1400-1500
Origin: an ewt, mistaken for a newt; ewt 'newt' from Old English efete

newt

 noun
     
Related topics: Animals
newt [countable]
HBA a small animal with a long body, short legs, and a tail, which lives partly in water and partly on land
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