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Amphibian   /æmfˈɪbiən/   Listen
Amphibian

adjective
1.
Relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia.  Synonym: amphibious.



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"Amphibian" Quotes from Famous Books



... of a mammal now differ very essentially from those of a reptile and of an amphibian because in their organization they represent the beginnings only of mammals, even as these represent only the beginnings of reptiles and amphibians, by how much more must they differ from those hypothetical single-celled amoebas which could as yet show no other characteristics ...
— At the Deathbed of Darwinism - A Series of Papers • Eberhard Dennert
... reverberates from the wet lands below, resounds through the forest, and is lost in the mellow distance of the tea-trees. And so the sound rises and falls, swells and dwindles away in chords and harmonies, until presently every amphibian is alert and tremulous with emotion and emulation. If an attempt is made to analyse the music, you may discover sounds sharp as those of the fife, deep and hollow as drum-beats, sonorous and ...
— The Confessions of a Beachcomber • E J Banfield


Words linked to "Amphibian" :   urodele, class Amphibia, caudate, craniate, amphibian genus, motor vehicle, amphibia, toad, batrachian, caecilian, blindworm, labyrinthodont, salamander, amphibious, swamp buggy, vertebrate, amphibian family, plane, Hynerpeton bassetti, amphibious aircraft, pontoon, marsh buggy, automotive vehicle, lateral line, airplane, amphibious vehicle, anuran, aeroplane, toad frog, salientian, frog, Ichyostega, lateral line organ


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