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newt

[ noot, nyoot ]

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noun

any of several brilliantly colored salamanders of the family Salamandridae, especially those of the genera Triturus and Notophthalmus, of North America, Europe, and northern Asia.
any of various other small salamanders.

newt

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noun

any of various small semiaquatic urodele amphibians, such as Triturus vulgaris ( common newt ) of Europe, having a long slender body and tail and short feeble legs
any other urodele amphibian, including the salamanders

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of newt¹

1375–1425; late Middle English newte, for ewte (the phrase an ewte being taken as a newte; nickname ), variant of evet, Old English efete eft ¹

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of newt¹

C15: from a newt, a mistaken division of an ewt; ewt, from Old English eveta eft ¹

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As night falls over the water, Alpine newts begin their silent hunt.

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Creatures, including bats, dormice and great crested newts, have also been moved.

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"We did so many surveys, on the trees, on great crested newts, on the birds of prey and we have an on site archaeologist to make sure we don't damage anything we come across."

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They screened existing AAVs to find what was suitable for amphibians and optimized the infecting strategy eventually developing a "how-to guide" for frogs and newts.

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Many species are legally protected, such as badgers, bats and great crested newts, and Natural England has to issue a licence before any work can take place that could harm them.

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