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Amphibia

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n. Plural form of amphibian.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

noun-plural. One of the classes of vertebrates.

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.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. 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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