red eft

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   red terrestrial form of a common North American newt

   SynonymsNotophthalmus viridescens

   Broadernewt

Questions about red eft

What does red eft mean?

red eft means "red terrestrial form of a common North American newt".

What is another word for red eft?

Close synonyms include Notophthalmus viridescens. 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 red eft a common word?

red eft is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.