■ noun a small slender-bodied amphibian with a well-developed tail. [ Triturus and other genera.]
Origin
ME: from an ewt ( ewt from OE efeta : see eft ), interpreted (by wrong division) as a ~ .
■ noun a small slender-bodied amphibian with a well-developed tail. [ Triturus and other genera.]
Origin
ME: from an ewt ( ewt from OE efeta : see eft ), interpreted (by wrong division) as a ~ .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004