Synonyms for amphibians
noun cold-blooded vertebrateWord Origin & History
1630s, "having two modes of existence, of doubtful nature," from Greek amphibia, neuter plural of amphibios "living a double life," from amphi- "of both kinds" (see amphi-) + bios "life" (see bio-).
Formerly used by zoologists to describe all sorts of combined natures (including otters and seals), the biological sense "class of animals between fishes and reptiles that live both on land and in water" and the noun derivative both are first recorded 1835. Amphibia was used in this sense from c.1600 and has been a zoological classification since c.1819.
Example Sentences foramphibians
These amphibians are evidently the descendants of some of the fishes of the Devonian times.
This doubtless was true of the amphibians of the coal period.
Do everything in your power to halt the march of Moyen's amphibians!
It is related to the amphibians and was able to live in or out of the water.
We know two--the Nevians, who are amphibians, and the fishes of the greater deeps.
But luckily about a hundred of the amphibians came on to the beach.
The fishes are followed by amphibians—then reptiles, then birds.
As for the creatures of the deep, the reptiles and amphibians, most of them were dead.
Records of Pleistocene reptiles and amphibians from Florida.
Notes on the amphibians and reptiles of Greene County, Ohio.