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Definition of Pacific newt
1. Noun. Any of several rough-skinned newts found in western North America.
Group relationships: Genus Taricha, Taricha
Specialized synonyms: Rough-skinned Newt, Taricha Granulosa, California Newt, Taricha Torosa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pacific Newt
Literary usage of Pacific newt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of California by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"F. pacific newt, Dec. J2, 1800, from Cinl, Lit. and Naval Gazette, the force was
made up as follows: Capt. Ward Mars- ton, with Asst Surgeon J. (or Marius) ..."
2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1850)
"O, ye editors of the 'pacific newt' of San Francisco, answer us ; is that a
specimen of your ..."
3. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"Like frogs, newts swallow the skin after molting, which appears to take place
most readily while the animal is immersed in water. The pacific newt ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1904)
"Like frogs, newts swallow the skin after molting, which appears to take place
most readily while the animal is immersed in water. The pacific newt ..."
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