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Semiterrestrial organism
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amphibian
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia [syn: amphibious ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Amphibians are ectothermic , tetrapod vertebrates of the class Amphibia . Modern amphibians are all Lissamphibia . They inhabit a wide variety of habitats , with most species living within terrestrial , fossorial , arboreal or freshwater aquatic ecosystems ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 (context obsolete English) Having two natures. 2 Pertaining to the Amphibia. n. 1 An animal of the Amphibia; any four-legged vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, living both on land and in water. 2 A vehicle which can operate on land and water. ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In most vertebrates in which they have been intensively studied - amphibians and birds - gastrulation movements are rather complicated. ▪ Members of this group are chiefly external parasites of turtles, fishes, and amphibians. ...
Usage examples of amphibian.
The dirigible would be easier riding than the amphibian, but the hairy chemist knew there was no chance of using it.
The amphibian shot ahead, then rose into the air like a graceful bird, circled the police launch.
The big amphibian went into a barrel roll, straightened out and dived.
He swung the big amphibian toward the speeding dot of the pursuit ship.
The pursuit ships were only faint dots in the sky, the bombers far in the distance, when a huge amphibian showed in the clear mountain air.
Even the watchers, far below, could see the armor plating on the big amphibian melting.
The boat was just swinging up beside the amphibian plane bobbing gently around on the water.
The Rillyti held their position, amphibian faces twisted in a fierce mask, yellow eyes clouded by a flashing nictitating membrane.
With each mortal wound, an amphibian pitched writhing into space and tumbled flailing against those behind.
The timeworn obelisk at their backs, before them the amphibian horde was grouping for the final rush.
Most terrible of all were the octopoid creatures, reconjoined in a blasphemous, crawling chaos of tentacles, claws, human and amphibian limbs, human heads protruding like cancerous growths from their rubbery flesh.
I know two amphibian research labs in California who are working with live Ranaviruses.
At that very moment, a supply of the amphibian virus was winging its way by Air Force jet to Dr.
And the fetal curl of the spine -- not amphibian, but something far more horrifying, because its genetic class was recognizable.
The massive amphibian whipped its head back and forth in an instinctual frenzy to rip and tear.