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Insects vs Amphibian - What's the difference?

insects | amphibian |

As nouns the difference between insects and amphibian

is that insects is while amphibian is an animal of the amphibia; any four-legged vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, living both on land and in water.

As an adjective amphibian is

(obsolete) having two natures or amphibian can be of or relating to the amphibians amphibia.

insects

English

Noun

(head)

    • Anagrams

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    amphibian

    English

    (wikipedia amphibian) {{picdic, image=Notophthalmus viridescensPCCA20040816-3983A.jpg , detail1= }} (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