amphibian
English Thesaurus
1. cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | craniate, vertebrate, |
| definition | : | animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | hynerpeton bassetti, |
| definition | : | fossil amphibian of the Devonian having well-developed forelimbs; found in Pennsylvania (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ichyostega, |
| definition | : | early tetrapod amphibian found in Greenland (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | caudate, urodele, |
| definition | : | amphibians that resemble lizards (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | salamander, |
| definition | : | any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | blindworm, caecilian, |
| definition | : | any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | labyrinthodont, |
| definition | : | an amphibian of the superorder Labyrinthodontia (noun.animal) |
| part holonym | : | lateral line, lateral line organ, |
| definition | : | sense organs of fish and amphibians; believed to detect pressure changes in the water (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | amphibia, class amphibia, |
| definition | : | the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians (noun.animal) |
2. an airplane designed to take off and land on water (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | aeroplane, airplane, plane, |
| definition | : | an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | pontoon, |
| definition | : | a float supporting a seaplane (noun.artifact) |
3. a flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water (noun.artifact)
| hyponym | : | marsh buggy, swamp buggy, |
| definition | : | an amphibious vehicle typically having four-wheel drive and a raised body (noun.artifact) |
4. cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form (noun.animal)
| derivation | : | amphibian, amphibious, |
| definition | : | relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia (adj.pert) |
5. relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | amphibia, class amphibia, |
| definition | : | the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians (noun.animal) |
| derivation | : | amphibia, class amphibia, |
| definition | : | the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians (noun.animal) |
| derivation | : | amphibian, |
| definition | : | cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form (noun.animal) |
6. cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form (noun.animal)
| derivation | : | amphibian, amphibious, |
| definition | : | relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia (adj.pert) |
7. relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | amphibia, class amphibia, |
| definition | : | the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians (noun.animal) |
| derivation | : | amphibia, class amphibia, |
| definition | : | the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians (noun.animal) |
| derivation | : | amphibian, |
| definition | : | cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form (noun.animal) |
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