As nouns the difference between amphibian and precoracoid
is that amphibian is an animal of the amphibia; any four-legged vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, living both on land and in water while precoracoid is (anatomy) the anterior part of the coracoid (often closely united with the clavicle) in the shoulder girdle of many reptiles and amphibians.
As an adjective amphibian
is (obsolete) having two natures or amphibian can be of or relating to the amphibians amphibia.
amphibian
English
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wikipedia amphibian)
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amphibious aircraft)
Adjective
(
en adjective)
(obsolete) Having two natures.
Pertaining to the Amphibia.
Noun
(
en noun)
An animal of the Amphibia; any four-legged vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, living both on land and in water.
A vehicle which can operate on land and water. See Wikipedia article on "Amphibious aircraft"
Hypernyms
* Animalia
* Chordata
* Tetrapoda
Hyponyms
* Batrachia
* batrachian
* batrachofauna
* Labyrinthodontia (extinct )
* Lepospondyli (extinct )
* Lissamphibia
*: Anura
*: Caudata
*: Gymnophiona
* Salientia
Related terms
* Amphibia
* amphibiology
* amphibiotic
* amphibious
* amphibius
See also
*
* amphibole
* amphibology
* amphiboly
* batrachology
* herpetology (amphibiology, reptiliology)
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Of or relating to the amphibians Amphibia.
Capable of operating on both land and water amphibious.
Derived terms
* amphibian helicopter
* amphibian species
* amphibian tank
precoracoid
English
Alternative forms
* praecoracoid
* (obsolete)
Noun
(
en noun)
(anatomy) The anterior part of the coracoid (often closely united with the clavicle) in the shoulder girdle of many reptiles and amphibians.
(
Webster 1913)
