amfibie

Definitions of amfibie
  1. noun
    cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form
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    Fransman, Fransoos, kikker, pad, waterkikker
    any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
    triton
    small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia
    kikvors
    insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs
    boomkikvors
    any of various Old World arboreal frogs distinguished from true frogs by adhesive suckers on the toes
    boomkikvors
    arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe; of southeast Asia and Australia and America
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    vertebraat
    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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