View synonyms for amphibians

amphibians

Vertebrate animals, such as frogs, that live part of their life cycle in the water and the other part on land.

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Notes

Amphibian is also used to describe things such as vehicles that can operate both on land and in the water.

Amphibians were the first land-dwelling animals to evolve.

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Over the next decade, the RETs wreaked havoc on the ecosystem, eating ducklings, small water birds, and other amphibians.

Some resemble insects, while others look like crustaceans, amphibians, and sharks and move fluidly.

As for the creatures of the deep, the reptiles and amphibians, most of them were dead.

Most amphibians undergo a complete metamorphosis, or change of form, the young being unlike the adults.

Reptiles always breathe by means of lungs, differing in this respect from the amphibians.

Of vertebrates, we may find the bones and teeth of amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.

This is one of the most abundant, or at least conspicuous, amphibians inhabiting the forest.

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