Amphibia
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Amphibia
1600–10; < New Latin < Greek amphíbia ( zôia ) (animals) living a double life, neuter plural of amphíbios. See amphibious
Vocabulary lists containing amphibia
Animals (Zoology) - Introductory
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Example Sentences
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Some of these attachments might be reduced or absent in special cases, but they seem to have been the ones originally present both phylogenetically and embryonically in Amphibia.
From The Ancestry of Modern Amphibia: A Review of the Evidence by Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth) Eaton
Amphibia, am-fib′i-a, Amphibials, Amphibians, n.pl. animals capable of living both under water and on land.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
There are five species of tortoise and nine of Amphibia.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
All the Amphibia are objects of apprehension and superstition.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by William Cornwallis Harris
These classes, adopting for popular exposition the old classification, are the Pisces, Amphibia, Eeptilia, Aves, Mammalia.
From The Gospel Of Evolution From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures by Edward Aveling
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