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Amphibia (gcide) | Amphibia \Am*phib"i*a\, n. pl. [See Amphibium.] (Zool.)
One of the classes of vertebrates.
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Note: The Amphibia are distinguished by having usually no
scales, by having eggs and embryos similar to those of
fishes, and by undergoing a complete metamorphosis, the
young having gills. There are three living orders: (1)
The tailless, as the frogs (Anura); (2) The tailed
(Urodela), as the salamanders, and the siren group
(Sirenoidea), which retain the gills of the young
state (hence called Perennibranchiata) through the
adult state, among which are the siren, proteus, etc.;
(3) The C[oe]cilians, or serpentlike Amphibia
(Ophiomorpha or Gymnophiona), with minute scales
and without limbs. The extinct Labyrinthodonts also
belonged to this class. The term is sometimes loosely
applied to both reptiles and amphibians collectively.
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Amphibia (gcide) | Amphibium \Am*phib"i*um\, n.; pl. L. Amphibia; E.
Amphibiums. [NL., fr. Gr. ? (sc. ? an animal). See
Amphibious.]
An amphibian.
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amphibia (wn) | amphibia
n 1: the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in
water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians [syn:
amphibia, class Amphibia] |
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amphibian (encz) | amphibian,obojživelník n: Zdeněk Brožamphibian,obojživelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
class amphibia (encz) | class Amphibia, n: |
Amphibial (gcide) | Amphibial \Am*phib"i*al\ (-al), a. & n.
Amphibian. [R.]
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Amphibian (gcide) | Amphibian \Am*phib"i*an\ (-an), a. (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles.
[1913 Webster]Amphibian \Am*phib"i*an\, n. (Zool.)
One of the Amphibia.
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amphibia (wn) | amphibia
n 1: the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in
water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians [syn:
amphibia, class Amphibia] |
amphibian (wn) | amphibian
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of animals of the class
Amphibia [syn: amphibious, amphibian]
n 1: a flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or
water [syn: amphibian, amphibious vehicle]
2: an airplane designed to take off and land on water [syn:
amphibian, amphibious aircraft]
3: cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding
in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult
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amphibian family (wn) | amphibian family
n 1: any family of amphibians |
amphibian genus (wn) | amphibian genus
n 1: any genus of amphibians |
class amphibia (wn) | class Amphibia
n 1: the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in
water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians [syn:
amphibia, class Amphibia] |
rorippa amphibia (wn) | Rorippa amphibia
n 1: perennial herb found on streams and riversides throughout
Europe except extreme north and Mediterranean; sometimes
placed in genus Nasturtium [syn: great yellowcress,
Rorippa amphibia, Nasturtium amphibium] |
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