Amphibia

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In popular language, animals living both on land and in the water; those which voluntarily and habitually enter that element, though not able to breathe under water, such as frogs, turtles, crocodiles, seals, walruses, otters, beavers, hippopotami, etc.
  • [capitalized] In zoöl., a name variously used.
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  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun plural. One of the classes of vertebrates.
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  • noun. Plural form of amphibian.
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  • noun. the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians
  • Word Usage
    "Frogs and salamanders constitute another lower class, called the amphibia, whose members are gilled during the earlier stages of development."
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