/nooht, nyooht/ , n.
1. any of several brilliantly colored salamanders of the family Salamandridae, esp. those of the genera Triturus and Notophthalmus, of North America, Europe, and northern Asia.
2. any of various other small salamanders.
[ 1375-1425; late ME newte, for ewte (the phrase an ewte being taken as a newte; cf. NICKNAME), var. of evet, OE efete EFT 1 ]