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fire-bellied newts

fire-bellied newts is the plural of fire-bellied newt.

Meaning of fire-bellied newt

Noun

fire-bellied newt (plural fire-bellied newts)

  1. Any species of Asian newt of the genus Cynops.
    • Even later, around 29 million years ago, some salamandrids reached Asia, and they in turn gave rise to the fire-bellied newts, paddle-tailed newts, and other Asian types.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 35

Questions about fire-bellied newts

What is fire-bellied newts the plural of?
Fire-bellied newts is the plural of fire-bellied newt.

Words near fire-bellied newts in the dictionary

  1. fire worship
  2. fire-bath
  3. fire-baths
  4. fire-bellied
  5. fire-bellied newt
  6. fire-bellied newts
  7. fire-bellied toad
  8. fire-bellied toads
  9. fire-blight
  10. fire-board
  11. fire-boards

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