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Definition of Class Amphibia
1. Noun. The class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians.
Group relationships: Craniata, Subphylum Craniata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Vertebrata
Member holonyms: Amphibian, Genus Hynerpeton, Hynerpeton, Genus Ichthyostega, Caudata, Order Caudata, Order Urodella, Urodella, Anura, Batrachia, Order Anura, Order Batrachia, Order Salientia, Salientia, Gymnophiona, Order Gymnophiona, Labyrinthodonta, Labyrinthodontia, Superorder Labyrinthodonta, Superorder Labyrinthodontia, Order Stegocephalia, Stegocephalia, Polliwog, Pollywog, Tadpole
Generic synonyms: Class
Derivative terms: Amphibious
Lexicographical Neighbors of Class Amphibia
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Literary usage of Class Amphibia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1901)
"... the proper definition of the class Amphibia,—in other words, the reasons for
grouping them together into one class, separated from the other backboned ..."
2. Herpetology of Japan and Adjacent Territory by Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1907)
"... the true fishes in the term "ichthyology," the old name for the study of the
compound class Amphibia or Reptilia, "herpetology,' is still in common use, ..."
3. Research in China by Eliot Blackwelder, Bailey Willis, Rufus Harvey Sargent, Friedrich Hirth (1907)
"class Amphibia. ORDER ANURA. (Frogs, toads, etc.) Hyla chinensis GUENTHER.
GUENTHER: Catalogue of Batrachia salientia in British Mus., 1858, p. ..."
4. General Zoology by Arthur Sperry Pearse (1917)
"CHAPTER XXIII SUBPHYLUM VERTEBRATA, class Amphibia Amphibians have soft moist skins,
... There are three orders in the class Amphibia: 1. Apoda. ..."
5. Zoology, Descriptive and Practical by Buel Preston Colton (1903)
"class Amphibia. Example. —The Frog. Where Frogs Live.— Frogs are usually found
in or near water. In the spring they congregate in ponds and pools to lay ..."
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