common newt

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   small semiaquatic salamander

   SynonymsTriturus vulgaris

   Broadernewt

   Part ofTriturus

Questions about common newt

What does common newt mean?

common newt means "small semiaquatic salamander".

What is another word for common newt?

Close synonyms include Triturus vulgaris. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is common newt a common word?

common newt is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.