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four-legged emmet

four-legged emmet noun: a newt.

Noun

four-legged emmet (plural four-legged emmets)

  1. (Cornwall) A newt.
    • Don't you know about four-legged emmets? The green 'uns?1972, David Watmough, Ashes for Easter & Other Monodramas, page 17

Forms of four-legged emmet

pluralfour-legged emmets

Questions about four-legged emmet

What does four-legged emmet mean?
Four-legged emmet means a newt.
What part of speech is four-legged emmet?
Four-legged emmet is a noun.
What is the plural of four-legged emmet?
The plural of four-legged emmet is four-legged emmets.

Words near four-legged emmet in the dictionary

  1. four-leafed clover
  2. four-leafed clovers
  3. four-leaved clover
  4. four-leaved clovers
  5. four-legged
  6. four-legged emmet
  7. four-legged friend
  8. four-legged friends
  9. four-leggeds
  10. four-letter
  11. four-letter man

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