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Adjective
/amˈfibēən/,
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amphibians, plural;
  1. Of or relating to this class of animals
    • - reptile and amphibian biology
Noun
  1. A cold-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that comprises the frogs, toads, newts, and salamanders. They are distinguished by having an aquatic gill-breathing larval stage followed (typically) by a terrestrial lung-breathing adult stage

  2. A seaplane, tank, or other vehicle that can operate on land and on water

  1. a flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water
  2. amphibious: relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia
  3. an airplane designed to take off and land on water
  4. cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form
  5. Amphibians (class Amphibia, from Amphi- meaning "on both sides" and -bios meaning "life"), such as frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians, are ectothermic (or cold-blooded) animals that metamorphose from a juvenile water-breathing form, either to an adult air-breathing form, or to a ...
  6. An amphibious aircraft or amphibian is an aircraft that can take off and land on either land or water. All Amphibian aircraft are thus classified both as seaplanes and make up the rarest subclass of seaplanes. ...
  7. Amphibian is the name of two different fictional characters that have appeared in publications from Marvel Comics.
  8. "Cocoon" was the third and final single from singer Björk's album Vespertine. It was written by Björk and Thomas Knak, and mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent. ...
  9. (A. amphibius) The European Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius formerly called A. terrestris) is a semi-aquatic mammal that resembles a rat. In fact, the water vole is often informally called the water rat. ...
  10. (Amphibius (comics)) Amphibius is a fictional character, a mutate, owned by Marvel Comics who exists in that company's Marvel Universe.
  11. An animal of the Amphibia; any four-legged vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, living both on land and in water; A vehicle which can operate on land and water; Having two natures; Pertaining to the Amphibia
  12. (amphibians) Class of terrestrial vertebrates which lay their eggs (and also mate) in water but live on land as adults following a juvenile stage where they live in water and breathe through gills. ...
  13. (Amphibians) Frogs • Toads • Salamanders • Newts
  14. (Amphibians) A cold-blooded vertebrate animal in the class Amphibia. Some characteristics of amphibians include: 1) adults are land-dwelling but return to water to breed; 2) the skin and mouth lining can be used for oxygen exchange underwater; 3) skin is glandular and lacks hair, scales, or ...
  15. (Amphibians) cold-blooded, life cycles on water/land
  16. (Amphibians) Ñ Nunatsuillo imak suillo.
  17. (amphibians) Amphibian like creatures have been seen near the Ohio river on various occasions. These semi-intelligent creatures have been known to attack people without provocation.
  18. (amphibius) Adaptable either to land or water
  19. Cold-blooded vertebrates that live in water and on land, including frogs and toads, salamanders and newts and caecilians.
  20. A cold-bloodedAn animal whose body temperature changes with the temperature of the air or water around it, as a turtle or fish. animalAny living thing that is not a plant. Most animals can move about freely. All use plants or other animals as food. All have sensory organs. ...
  21. any of a class of cold-blooded animals (such as frogs and newts) with backbones (vertebrates) and having aquatic larvae and air-breathing adults
  22. Any vertebrate of the class Amphibia: cold-blooded tetrapods that breathe by means of gills in the early stages of life and by means of lungs in the later stages.
  23. 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 the water to mate and lay eggs.
  24. An amphibian is an organisms that can leave the water for extended periods of time, but still is required to return to the water to survive. Frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts are all types of amphibians. Source: Linda Lutz-Ryan
  25. vertebrates able to exploit both aquatic and terrestrial environments (from the Greek amphibios "living a double life")