[f. AMPHIBIA + -(O)LOGY.] A scientific treatise on the Amphibia; that part of zoology that treats of amphibious animals.
1840. Eaton & Wright, N. Amer. Bot. (ed. 8), 569. Amphibiology, the department of zoology, embracing animals which are capable of suspending respiration for a long time without injuring the action of the arterial system.
