four-legged emmet

noun

A newt.

Meanings

nounfour-legged emmet (plural four-legged emmets)

plural four-legged emmets

  1. CornwallA newt.

    Don't you know about four-legged emmets? The green 'uns?

    1972, David Watmough, Ashes for Easter & Other Monodramas, page 17
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