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Meanings of amphibia in inglés
Class of tetrapods, whose living forms include frogs, toads, salamanders, newts and caecilians.
Related terms
The class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians.
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Examples for "amphibian"
Examples for "amphibian"
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This contribution almost triples the number of currently reported amphibian antimicrobial peptides.
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However, according to Hayes, chytrid is only the most apparent amphibian affliction.
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To help bolster its numbers this amphibian is being bred in captivity.
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He spoke to Bryan about why amphibian conservation is important in Norwich.
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Such extreme antimicrobial peptide diversity in a single amphibian species is amazing.
Usage of amphibia in inglés
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The first aquatic creatures were succeeded by the amphibia, the reptiles.
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The amphibia were now definitely ousted from their position of dominance.
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But they are partly lost in the amphibia, and entirely in the higher Vertebrates.
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This is very clearly shown by the comparative ontogeny of the fishes and amphibia.
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Then come the amphibia, which include the toads, frogs, etc.
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We can, therefore, understand the gap in the record between the amphibia and the reptiles.
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These amphibia increase in variety in the Permian epoch.
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Again, we find the neurenteric canal in just the same form and situation in the amphibia.
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We find in the Carboniferous period fossilised remains of five-toed amphibia, the oldest terrestrial, air-breathing vertebrates.
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Several distinguished zoologists classed them with the amphibia, though most now associate them with the fishes.
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We may begin with that of the amphibia.
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The amphibia and reptiles also pass into their modern types, after a period of generous expansion.
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But in most other features they approach nearer to the fishes, and are inferior to the amphibia.
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Their origin is not clear, as the intermediate forms between them and the amphibia are not found.
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From their structure we gather that they sprang from at least two different branches of the amphibia.
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It was first observed in the ovum of the amphibia by Rusconi, and so called the Rusconian cavity.
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Translations for amphibia
portugués
catalán
Amphibia through the time
Amphibia across language varieties
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