English-Thai Dictionary

amphibia

N จำพวก สัตว์ สะ เทิน น้ำ สะ เทิน บก  jam-puek-sad-sa-toen-nam-sa-toen-bok

 

amphibian

N ยานพาหนะ ที่ เดินทาง ได้ ทั้ง ใน น้ำ และ บน บก  yan-pa-ha-na-ti-doen-thang-dai-thang-nai-nam-lae-bon-bok

 

amphibian

N สัตว์ ครึ่ง บก ครึ่ง น้ำ  sat-khrueng-bok-khrueng-nam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AMPHIBIAL, AMPHIBIA

n.[Gr. both or about and life. ] In zoology, amphibials are a class of animals, so formed as to live on land, and for a long time under water. Their heart has but one ventricle; their blood is red and cold; and they have such command of the lungs, as for a considerable time, to suspend respiration. This class of animals is divided into two orders, the Reptiles and the Serpents. To the first belong the testudo, or tortoise, the draco or dragon, the lacerta or lizard, and the rana or frog; to the second, the crotalus, boa, coluber, anguis, amphisbena, and cecilia.
The term has also been applied to such quadrupeds, as frequent the water, particularly the marine quadrupeds, such as the seal, walrus and lamantin.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AMPHIBIA

Am *phib "i *a, n. pl. Etym: [See Amphibium. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: One of the classes of vertebrates.

 

Note: The Amphibia are distinguished by having usually no scales, by having eggs and embryos similar to those of fishes, and by undergoing a complete metamorphosis, the young having gills. There are three living orders: (1 ) The tailless, as the frogs (Anura ); (2 ) The tailed (Urodela ), as the salamanders, and the siren group (Sirenoidea ), which retain the gills of the young state (hence called Perennibranchiata ) through the adult state, among which are the siren, proteus, etc. ; (3 ) The Coecilians, or serpentlike Amphibia (Ophiomorpha or Gymnophiona ), with minute scales and without limbs. The extinct Labyrinthodonts also belonged to this class. The term is sometimes loosely applied to both reptiles and amphibians collectively.

 

AMPHIBIAL

AMPHIBIAL Am *phib "i *al (-al ), a. & n.

 

Defn: Amphibian. [R.]

 

AMPHIBIAN

AMPHIBIAN Am *phib "i *an (-an ), a. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles.

 

AMPHIBIAN

AMPHIBIAN Am *phib "i *an, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: One of the Amphibia.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

amphibian

am phib i an |amˈfibēən æmˈfɪbiən | ▶noun Zoology a cold-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that comprises the frogs, toads, newts, and salamanders. They are distinguished by having an aquatic gill-breathing larval stage followed (typically ) by a terrestrial lung-breathing adult stage. [Class Amphibia: orders Urodela (newts and salamanders ), Anura (frogs and toads ), and Gymnophiona (caecilians ).] • a seaplane, tank, or other vehicle that can operate on land and on water. ▶adjective Zoology of or relating to this class of animals: reptile and amphibian biology. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (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 ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

amphibian

am ¦phib |ian |amˈfɪbɪən | ▶noun 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. ●Class Amphibia: orders Urodela (newts and salamanders ), Anura (frogs and toads ), and Gymnophiona (caecilians ). • a seaplane, tank, or other vehicle that can operate on land and on water. ▶adjective relating to amphibians. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (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 ’).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

amphibian

amphibian noun WORD LINKS amphibian batrachophobia fear of amphibians Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

amphibian

am phib i an /æmfɪ́biən /名詞 C 1 〘動 〙〖通例 ～s 〗両生動物 ; (一般に )水陸両生の生物 .2 水陸両用車 [飛行機 ].形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 〘動 〙両生類の, 水陸両生の .2 水陸両用の 〈乗り物 〉.