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Word: Amphibian
Speech Type: Noun
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘having two modes of existence or of doubtful nature’): from modern Latin amphibium ‘an amphibian’, from Greek amphibion (noun use of amphibios ‘living both in water and on land’, from amphi ‘both’ + bios ‘life’)
amˈfɪbɪən
a cold-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that comprises the frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, and caecilians. They are distinguished by having an aquatic gill-breathing larval stage followed (typically) by a terrestrial lung-breathing adult stage.
Short Definition:cold-blooded vertebrate animal of class that comprises frogs
Word: Amphibian
Speech Type: Adjective
amˈfɪbɪən
relating to amphibians
Short Definition:relating to amphibians
Examples:- amphibian eggs
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