Amphibie

Definitions of Amphibie
  1. noun
    cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form
    synonyms: Lurch
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    Schwanzlurch
    amphibians that resemble lizards
    Salamander
    any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed
    Erdkröte, Frosch, Froschlurch, Kröte, Protz, echter Frosch
    any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
    Blindwühle
    any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions
    Feuersalamander
    European salamander having dark skin with usually yellow spots
    Riesensalamander
    large (up to more than three feet) edible salamander of Asia
    Olm
    European aquatic salamander with permanent external gills that lives in caves
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    Wirbeltier
    animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
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