amphibia

See also: Amphibia

English

Etymology

From Latin amphibia.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪbiə

Noun

amphibia pl (normally plural, singular (archaic, rare) amphibium)

  1. The amphibians.
    • 1981, Diana Norman, chapter 2, in King of the Last Days, London: Canelo Digital Publishing Limited, published 2019, →ISBN:
      On good days the rise was a sunny thicket of alders sheltering deer and foxes, surrounded by marshland which clicked and clooped with waders and amphibia, where pelicans sailed in to land like full-rigged galleons.

Latin

Adjective

amphibia

  1. inflection of amphibius:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Adjective

amphibiā

  1. ablative feminine singular of amphibius
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