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1. (adj.) amphibious
living or able to live both on land and in water.
2. amphibious
capable of operating on both land and water:
amphibious vehicles.
3. amphibious
pertaining to military operations by both land and naval forces.
4. amphibious
trained to fight on both land and sea.
5. amphibious
of or having a mixed or twofold nature.
Etymology: (1635–45; < L amphibius < Gk amphíbios living a double life)
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| Definition of 'amphibious' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) amphibious, amphibian
relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia
2. (adj) amphibious
operating or living on land and in water
"amphibious vehicles"; "amphibious operations"; "amphibious troops"; "frogs are amphibious animals"
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| Definition of 'amphibious' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) amphibious
having the ability to live both on land and in water, as frogs, crocodiles, beavers, and some plants
2. (adj) amphibious
pertaining to, adapted for, or connected with, both land and water
3. (adj) amphibious
of a mixed nature; partaking of two natures
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Sense: an aircraft designed to fly from land or water.
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 Afrikaans: amfibies |
 Arabic: بَرْمائي |
 Bulgarian: двойствен |
 Brazilian: anfíbio |
 Czech: obojživelný |
 German: amphibisch |
 Danish: amfibie- |
 Greek: αμφίβιος |
 Spanish: anfibio |
 Estonian: amfiib- |
 Farsi: دوزیست |
 Finnish: amfibi- |
 French: amphibie |
 Hebrew: דוּ-חָי, אַמפִיבִּי |
 Hindi: जल तथा स्थल पर चलने योग्य |
 Croatian: amfibijski |
 Hungarian: kétéltű |
 Indonesian: amfibi |
 Icelandic: sem lifir bæði í vatni og |
 Italian: anfibio |
 Japanese: 水陸両生の |
 Korean: 수륙 양용의 |
 Lithuanian: amfibinis |
 Latvian: abinieku-; amfībijas- |
 Malay: bersifat amfibia |
 Dutch: amfibisch |
 Norwegian: amfibie- |
 Polish: ziemnowodny |
 Persian: دوزیست |
 Pashto: دوه ژونده |
 Portuguese: anfíbio |
 Romanian: amfibiu |
 Russian: земноводный |
 Slovak: obojživelný |
 Slovenian: amfibijski |
 Serbian: vodozemni |
 Swedish: amfibisk |
 Thai: ซึ่งอาศัยอยู่ได้ทั้งในน้ำ |
 Turkish: yüzergezer, amfibik |
 Taiwanese: 兩棲的 |
 Ukrainian: земноводний |
 Urdu: آبی جانوروں کی خصوصیات رک |
 Vietnamese: lưỡng cư |
 Chinese: 两栖的 |
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