different between reptiles vs amphibian

English

Noun

reptiles

1. plural of reptile

Anagrams

• epistler, peitrels, peltries, perlites, repliest, spirelet

French

Noun

reptiles f

1. plural of reptile

Latin

Adjective

r?ptil?s

1. nominative masculine plural of r?ptilis
2. nominative feminine plural of r?ptilis
3. accusative masculine plural of r?ptilis
4. accusative feminine plural of r?ptilis
5. vocative masculine plural of r?ptilis
6. vocative feminine plural of r?ptilis

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reb?tiles/, [re???t?i.les]

Adjective

reptiles m pl

1. masculine plural of reptil

Noun

reptiles m pl

1. plural of reptil

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)