Definition of amphibian

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Amphibian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles..

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Congo Snake :: Congo snake () An amphibian (Amphiuma means) of the order Urodela, found in the southern United States. See Amphiuma..
Roe :: Roe (n.) The ova or spawn of fishes and amphibians, especially when still inclosed in the ovarian membranes. Sometimes applied, loosely, to the sperm and the testes of the male..
Monocardian :: Monocardian (a.) Having a single heart, as fishes and amphibians..
Coracoid :: Coracoid (a.) Pertaining to a bone of the shoulder girdle in most birds, reptiles, and amphibians, which is reduced to a process of the scapula in most mammals..
Anallantoidea :: Anallantoidea (n. pl.) The division of Vertebrata in which no allantois is developed. It includes amphibians, fishes, and lower forms..
Caecilian :: Caecilian (n.) A limbless amphibian belonging to the order Caeciliae or Ophimorpha. See Ophiomorpha.
Synantherous :: Synangium (n.) The divided part beyond the pylangium in the aortic trunk of the amphibian heart.
Amphibian :: Amphibian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles..
Precoracoid :: Precoracoid (n.) The anterior part of the coracoid (often closely united with the clavicle) in the shoulder girdle of many reptiles and amphibians.
Proteidea :: Proteidea (n. pl.) An order of aquatic amphibians having prominent external gills and four legs. It includes Proteus and Menobranchus (Necturus). Called also Proteoidea, and Proteida..
Amphibian :: Amphibian (n.) One of the Amphibia.
Ophiomorpha :: Ophiomorpha (n. pl.) An order of tailless amphibians having a slender, wormlike body with regular annulations, and usually with minute scales imbedded in the skin. The limbs are rudimentary or wanting. It includes the caecilians. Called also Gymnophiona and Ophidobatrachia..
Pylangium :: Pylangium (n.) The first and undivided part of the aortic trunk in the amphibian heart.
Epipubis :: Epipubis (n.) A cartilage or bone in front of the pubis in some amphibians and other animals.
Operculum :: Operculum (n.) The fold of integument, usually supported by bony plates, which protects the gills of most fishes and some amphibians; the gill cover; the gill lid..
Siren :: Siren (n.) Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenidae, destitute of hind legs and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern United States. The more common species (Siren lacertina) is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long..
Discodactylia :: Discodactylia (n. pl.) A division of amphibians having suctorial disks on the toes, as the tree frogs..
Urodela :: Urodela (n. pl.) An order of amphibians having the tail well developed and often long. It comprises the salamanders, tritons, and allied animals..
Urostyle :: Urostyle (n.) A styliform process forming the posterior extremity of the vertebral column in some fishes and amphibians.
Lagena :: Lagena (n.) The terminal part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the cochlea, in fishes and amphibians..
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