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Amphibia
[ am-fib-ee-uh ]
noun
- the class comprising the amphibians.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Amphibia1
1600–10; < New Latin < Greek amphíbia ( zôia ) (animals) living a double life, neuter plural of amphíbios. See amphibious
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Example Sentences
The first aquatic creatures were succeeded by the amphibia, the reptiles.
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The amphibia on the Peruvian coast are proportionally much better represented than the two foregoing classes.
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These awakened amphibia fill the welkin with their croakings, which take the place of the avian chorus at night.
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It is usually found in Amphibia, as we know from Bidder and Spengel's researches.
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In Amphibia and Teleostei it takes place upon the same type, viz.
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