Meaning Amphibian
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Group of vertebrate animals that can inhabit both terrestrial and aquatic habitats. This group of animals consists of frogs, newts, and salamanders. These organisms live at the land/water interface an [..]
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A term used to refer to an animal, usually a reptile, that starts out breathing with the help of gills and develops into an animal capable of breathing through lungs like a mammal.
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1630s, "having two modes of existence, of doubtful nature," from Greek amphibia, neuter plural of amphibios "living a double life," from amphi- "of both kinds" (see amphi [..]
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A SEAPLANE or FLOATPLANE with retractable wheels for use on land, as well. The latter spelling was used in the '20s and '30s but has since fallen out of favor.
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an animal able to live both on land and in water.
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Cold blooded animals that spend part of their life on land and part of their life in water
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cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Amphibia, comprising frogs, toads, newts, salamanders and caecilians. Typically the larvae are aquatic (dependent on water) and breathe using gills whereas the adu [..]
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A class of animals that includes frogs, toads, salamanders and newts.
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(n) cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form(n) a flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water(n) an [..]
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A seaplane or floatplane with retractable wheels for use on land, as well. The latter spelling was used in the '20s and '30s but has since fallen out of favor.
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A living thing able to live both on land and in water and are cold-blooded animals.
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Vertebrates belonging to the class amphibia such as frogs, toads, newts and salamanders that live in a semiaquatic Environment.
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A class of cold-blooded animals that spends at least part of their life cycle living in water.
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Cold-blooded vertebrates that live in water and on land, including frogs and toads, salamanders and newts and caecilians.
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Cold-blooded, smooth-skinned animals from the Chordate Phylum. This class of animals includes frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts. Some live on land and some in the water, but most species return to [..]
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any of a class of cold-blooded animals (such as frogs and newts) with backbones (vertebrates) and having aquatic larvae and air-breathing adults
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("am-fib-E-un"): an animal with a backbone that has soft shell-less eggs. Their eggs are usually fertilized outside of the body, as a result, require a moist environment to develop. [..]
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A cold-blooded vertebrate that lives in water and on land. Amphibians’ aquatic, gill-breathing larval stage is typically followed by a terrestrial, lung-breathing adult stage. For example, frogs, toad [..]
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<zoology> Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles. <zoology> One of the Amphibia. (01 Mar 1998)
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An aircraft that can fly off of water or land. The wheels retract into the hull or floats, depending upon the type of aircraft. An amphibian can land ...
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An aircraft able to operate from both land and water.
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Members of a class of cold-blooded vertebrates who are aquatic in the larval stage, and breathe air as adults. Frogs, toads, and newts are examples of amphibians.
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Cold-blooded vertebrate animals that live in water as larvae and mostly on land as adults but return to the water to breed.
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===Noun=== ====vertebrate that metamorphoses from a water-breathing form to an air-breathing form==== =====Synonyms===== amphibian frog toad salamander newt vertebrate animal Roget 1911 * Moby II
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Any of a class of vertebrates that regulate their body temperature externally; lay shell-less eggs in wet areas; live in water during early development and live both in water and on land as adults; an [..]
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