a. and sb. rare. [f. prec. + -AL.] = AMPHIBIAN.

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1834.  Good, Bk. Nature, I. 184–5. The zoologist, in order to assist his enquiries, divides the whole animal creation into six general heads or classes: as those of mammals, birds, amphibials, fishes, insects, and worms.

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1879.  Syd. Soc. Lex., Amphibial, capable of living in water or air.

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