newt
/njuːt/noun
1- a small slender-bodied amphibian with lungs and a well-developed tail, typically spending its adult life on land and returning to water to breed蝾螈。
1.1
- Triturust and other genera, family Salamandridae: numerous species.欧螈属及其他属, 蝾螈科：众多种。
词源
late Middle English: from an ewt （ewt from Old English efeta： see EFT）, interpreted (by wrong division) as a newt.