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AMPHIBIA

\amfˈɪbi͡ə], \amfˈɪbi‍ə], \a_m_f_ˈɪ_b_iə]\

Definitions of AMPHIBIA

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

VERTEBRATES such as frogs, toads, newts and salamanders that live in a semiaquatic environment.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Animals living both on land and in water, such as frogs and turtles.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A class of vertebrates which live both in the water and on land.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Animals that can live either in water or on land-as the seal, walrus, frog, &c.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

A class of animals living both on land and in water, as frog, newt, etc.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Popular name for animals living in both water and air.
In zoology, a name given to a subdivision of the vertebrates which includes the frogs, toads, salamanders, etc. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. pl. [German] The class of reptiles which includes the saurians, crocodiles, lizards, serpents, frogs, turtles.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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