Amphibia

American  

[am-fib-ee-uh] / æmˈfɪb i ə /

noun

1. the class comprising the amphibians.

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Etymology

Origin of Amphibia

1600–10; < New Latin < Greek amphíbia ( zôia ) (animals) living a double life, neuter plural of amphíbios. See amphibious

Example Sentences

Here we will consider the traditional groups Agnatha, Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves, and Mammalia, which constitute classes in the subphylum Vertebrata.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Pyron, R. A. & Wiens, J. J. 2011 A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2,800 species, and a revised classification of extant frogs, salamanders, and caecilians.

From Scientific American • Jan. 25, 2013

In addition to frogs, Germany has few varieties of Amphibia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various

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 Eaton, Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth)

In the Amphibia the cornea is more convex than in the fish, but the lens is circular and the sclerotic often chondrified.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various