different between amphibian vs salientian

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (amphíbion), from ???? (amphí, “of both kinds”) + ???? (bíos, “life”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?m'f?b"?-?n, IPA^(key): /æm?f?b??n/

Adjective

amphibian (comparative more amphibian, superlative most amphibian)

1. Of or relating to the class Amphibia.
2. Capable of operating on both land and water amphibious.
3. (obsolete) Having two natures.

Derived terms

• amphibian helicopter
• amphibian species
• amphibian tank

Translations

Noun

amphibian (plural amphibians)

1. An animal of the Amphibia; any four-legged vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, living both on land and in water.
2. A vehicle which can operate on land and water. See Wikipedia article on "Amphibious aircraft"

Synonyms

• amphibium

Hypernyms

• Animalia
• Chordata
• Tetrapoda

Hyponyms

• Batrachia
• batrachian
• batrachofauna
• Labyrinthodontia (extinct)
• Lepospondyli (extinct)
• Lissamphibia

  Anura

  Caudata

  Gymnophiona

• Salientia

Related terms

• Amphibia
• amphibiology
• amphibiotic
• amphibious
• amphibius

Translations

See also

• Appendix: Animals
• amphibole
• amphibology
• amphiboly
• batrachology
• herpetology (amphibiology, reptiliology)

English

Etymology

Salientia +? -an.

Noun

salientian (plural salientians)

1. (biology) Any amphibian of the clade Salientia; the frogs and toads (normally within order Anura or clade Batrachia)

Adjective

salientian (comparative more salientian, superlative most salientian)

1. Of or pertaining to these animals.

Hyponyms

• anuran
• batrachian

See also

• froggish
• froggy
• froglike
• frogly
• ranine
• toadish
• toadlike
• toadly

Further reading

• Anura (frog) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Batrachia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Salientia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• alinastine