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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[OE.

ewt

evete

, AS.

efete

, with

prefixed,

an ewt

being understood as

a newt

. Cf.

(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.

Noun.

A small lizard; an eft.