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Amphibia

Amphibia Meaning & Definition
Amphibia Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Amphibia?

[n] frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians

Synonyms | Synonyms for Amphibia: class Amphibia

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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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