Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An order of Amphibia; the tailed amphibians; the ichthyomorphic amphibians, which retain the tail throughout life, as distinguished from the Anura, or tailless batrachians.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) An order of amphibians having the tail well developed and often long. It comprises the salamanders, tritons, and allied animals.
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- proper noun A taxonomic
order within thesubclass Lissamphibia — thesalamanders and related amphibians.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Distribution of Proteus (Amphibia: Urodela: Proteidae) and its possible explanation.
Archive 2006-03-01 Darren Naish 2006
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It is well known, of course, that the Mexican axolotl (Amblystoma mexicanum) lives in salt lakes, but not even the classic work of W. Korngold, Caudate Amphibians (Urodela),
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Anura ectoderm of the early gastrula, suction cups and horny jaws; in a tadpole, balancers arose from Urodela ectoderm.
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This is so, for instance, when the ectoderm of the presumptive mouth region is exchanged between the embryos of Urodela and Anura.
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[167] See a Paper on the "Axial Skeleton of the Urodela," in Proc.
On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart
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The same species in other parts of North America normally goes through the metamorphosis, like other species of the Urodela.
Hormones and Heredity J. T. Cunningham 1897
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The larva of the Urodela is probably more primitive than the tadpole of the
Hormones and Heredity J. T. Cunningham 1897
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In the genera Bombinator and Diseoglossus, however, as also in the male Urodela, a still more intimate union exists between the renal organs and those devoted to functions complementary to oviposition.
The Common Frog 1874
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Ribs, moreover, are found in the other existing orders of the frog's class, i.e. both in the Urodela and Ophiomorpha.
The Common Frog 1874
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The geographical distribution of the Urodela is very remarkable.
The Common Frog 1874
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