amphibia
noun [ plural ] biology specialized (also Amphibia) uk/æmˈfɪb.i.ə/ us/æmˈfɪb.i.ə/
两栖动物
amphibians (= animals that live both on land and in water but must produce their eggs in water) as a group
All poisonous amphibia use their toxins as a means of self-defence and not to catch prey. 所有有毒的两栖动物身上带有的毒性都是用来自卫而不是捕食的。
As a member of the class Amphibia, frogs live sometimes on land. 作为两栖动物的一员,青蛙有时候生活在陆地上。
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- Typical aquatic vertebrates, including most fishes, amphibia and reptiles, use lateral (side-to-side) undulations for propulsion.
- The corpuscles of birds, amphibia and fish are flattened, elliptical plates.
- The naturalist Jan Swammerdam discovered the glands in Amphibia named after him.