Meanings
plural great crested newts
- A newt, Triturus cristatus, found in parts of Europe and Asia.
Speaking of fences, it can be frustrating to our engineers trying to do their jobs that all the dormice and great crested newts appear to be on our side of the boundary.
2025 October 1, Dr Neil Strong, “Managing linesides”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 15Synonyms: northern crested newt, warty newt
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA newt, Triturus cristatus, found in parts of Europe and Asia.
Translations
Catalan tritó crestat
- tritó crestatTriturus cristatus
Dutch kamsalamander, grote watersalamander
- kamsalamanderTriturus cristatus
- grote watersalamanderTriturus cristatus
French triton crêté
- triton crêtéTriturus cristatus
German Nördlicher Kammmolch
- Nördlicher KammmolchTriturus cristatus
Italian tritone crestato
- tritone crestatoTriturus cristatus
Russian гребе́нчатый трито́н
- гребе́нчатый трито́н (grebénčatyj tritón)Triturus cristatus
Swedish större vattensalamander
- större vattensalamanderTriturus cristatus
Ukrainian тритон гребінчастий
- тритон гребінчастий (tryton hrebinčastyj)Triturus cristatus
Welsh madfall ddŵr gribog
- madfall ddŵr gribogTriturus cristatus
Cite this entry
great crested newt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great%20crested%20newt
“great crested newt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great%20crested%20newt. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “great crested newt,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great%20crested%20newt.
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