amphibian / æmˈfɪb i ən /

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amphibian2 个定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Amphibia, comprising frogs and toads, newts and salamanders, and caecilians, the larvae being typically aquatic, breathing by gills, and the adults being typically semiterrestrial, breathing by lungs and through the moist, glandular skin.
  2. an amphibious plant.
  3. an airplane designed for taking off from and landing on both land and water.
  4. Also called amtrac. a flat-bottomed, armed, military vehicle, equipped with both tracks and a rudder, that can travel either on land or in water, used chiefly for landing assault troops.
adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. belonging or pertaining to the Amphibia.
  2. amphibious.

amphibian 近义词

n. 名词 noun

cold-blooded vertebrate

更多amphibian例句

  1. So it was meaningful when, in the 2000s, Vredenburg noticed that some of the amphibians he studied in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains survived the chytrid onslaught.
  2. By the time the amphibian is an adult, it usually has lungs, not gills.
  3. What makes amphibians unique is that they live a “double life.”
  4. They shone blue or ultraviolet light on 32 species of amphibians.
  5. The new finding suggests that this biofluorescence is widespread among amphibians.
  6. As the amphibian taxied away without its passenger, Clyde Wendell came down the trail.
  7. The amphibian was taxiing slowly through the water, its nose pointed directly toward the beach.
  8. The amphibian coasted slowly in toward the beach, throttled down its motors and finally came to a halt.
  9. You may be sure April has really come when this little amphibian creeps out of the mud and inflates its throat.
  10. The only other amphibian at Chinaj known to breed in the pools is Bufo valliceps valliceps.