Medical term:
amphibian
amphibian
(ăm-fĭb′ē-ən)n.
Any of various cold-blooded, usually smooth-skinned vertebrates of the class Amphibia, characteristically hatching as an aquatic larva with gills and then transforming into an adult having air-breathing lungs. Frogs, toads, salamanders, and caecilians are amphibians.
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amphibian
(am-fĭb′ē-ăn)An animal of the class Amphibia.
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amphibian
a member of the vertebrate class Amphibia, containing frogs, toads, newts, salamanders and the burrowing caecilians. Descended from fish-like animals, they colonized the land in the late DEVONIAN PERIOD. They are thought to be the immediate ancestors of the reptiles, though present-day amphibians are little like their Devonian ancestors. Most amphibians, although normally terrestrial animals, return to water during the breeding season. Fertilization is external (the eggs lacking a shell and embryonic membranes), and the eggs are usually laid and develop in water.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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