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Amphibia
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What's The Definition Of Amphibia?
[n] frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians
Synonyms | Synonyms for Amphibia: class Amphibia Related Terms | Find terms related to Amphibia: See Also | amphibian | Anura | Batrachia | Caudata | class | Craniata | genus Hynerpeton | genus Ichthyostega | Gymnophiona | Hynerpeton | Labyrinthodonta | Labyrinthodontia | order Anura | order Batrachia | order Caudata | order Gymnophiona | order Salientia | order Stegocephalia | order Urodella | polliwog | pollywog | Salientia | Stegocephalia | subphylum Craniata | subphylum Vertebrata | superorder Labyrinthodonta | superorder Labyrinthodontia | tadpole | Urodella | Vertebrata Amphibia In Webster's Dictionary \Am*phib"i*a\, n. pl. [See {Amphibium}.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the classes of vertebrates.
Note: The Amphibia are distinguished by having usually no
scales, by having eggs and embryos similar to those of
fishes, and by undergoing a complete metamorphosis, the
young having gills. There are three living orders: (1)
The tailless, as the frogs ({Anura}); (2) The tailed
({Urodela}), as the salamanders, and the siren group
({Sirenoidea}), which retain the gills of the young
state (hence called {Perennibranchiata}) through the
adult state, among which are the siren, proteus, etc.;
(3) The C[oe]cilians, or serpentlike Amphibia
({Ophiomorpha} or {Gymnophiona}), with minute scales
and without limbs. The extinct Labyrinthodonts also
belonged to this class. The term is sometimes loosely
applied to both reptiles and amphibians collectively.
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