What does amphibious mean?
Definitions for amphibious
æmˈfɪb i əsam·phibi·ous
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Princeton's WordNet
amphibious, amphibianadjective
relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia
amphibiousadjective
operating or living on land and in water
"amphibious vehicles"; "amphibious operations"; "amphibious troops"; "frogs are amphibious animals"
Wiktionary
amphibiousadjective
Capable of functioning on land or in water.
amphibiousadjective
Occurring on both land and water.
amphibious attack
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
AMPHIBIOUSadjective
That which partakes of two natures, so as to live in two elements; as, in air and water.
Etymology: ἄμφι and βίος.
A creature of amphibious nature,
On land a beast, a fish in water. Hudibras, cant. iii.Those are called amphibious, which live freely in the air, upon the earth, and yet are observed to live long upon water, as if they were natural inhabitants of that element; though it be worth the examination to know, whether any of those creatures that live at that ease, and by choice, a good while, or at any time upon the earth, can live, a long time together, perfectly under water. John Locke.
Fishes contain much oil, and amphibious animals participate somewhat of the nature of fishes, and are oily. Arbuthnot.
ChatGPT
amphibious
Amphibious refers to the characteristic of being able to function or live both in water and on land. This term is commonly used to describe certain types of animals, vehicles or operations. For instance, amphibious animals, like frogs or turtles, have adapted to survive in both terrestrial and aquatic environments, while amphibious vehicles, like hovercrafts, can travel on both land and water. In military terms, amphibious operations involve forces that are specifically trained to carry out attacks launched from the sea onto land.
Webster Dictionary
Amphibiousadjective
having the ability to live both on land and in water, as frogs, crocodiles, beavers, and some plants
Amphibiousadjective
pertaining to, adapted for, or connected with, both land and water
Amphibiousadjective
of a mixed nature; partaking of two natures
Etymology: [Gr. 'amfi`bios living a double life, i. e., both on land in water; 'amfi` + bi`os life.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of amphibious in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of amphibious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of amphibious in a Sentence
Data collected and lessons learned during OT-1 will lay the groundwork for F-35B deployments aboard U.S. Navy amphibious carriers now that the U.S. Marine Corps' F-35B Lightning II aircraft reached initial operational capability (IOC) on July 31, 2015.
I stand up on overwatch and we start rolling forward. And 30 seconds later, I see a Marine in the open. I see a fireball. And then I see I, you know, start to feel explode, you know, start to hear the explosion because you always kind of feel it and see things first and then then you actually hear it, it was a pressure plate, IED with like hacksaw blades, and it shot the amount of explosives, had a piece of steel over top of it. So it creates a big shaped charge. And it just sliced right through the aluminum underbelly of this Amphibious Assault Vehicle hitting all the jet fuel, hitting all the 50,000 rounds of ammunition.
Capabilities haven't developed as quickly or as fully as they might, the Symposium will hopefully coalesce these ongoing but somewhat disjointed efforts towards amphibious capability.
The Taiwanese air force would have to sink around 40 % of the amphibious landing forces of the PLA in order to render this sort of mission infeasible.
He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.
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- برمائيArabic
- amfibiCatalan, Valencian
- obojživelnýCzech
- amfibieDanish
- amphibischGerman
- αμφίβιοςGreek
- anfibioSpanish
- دوزیستPersian
- amfibinenFinnish
- amphibieFrench
- dà-bhitheach, muir-thìreach, dà-bheathachScottish Gaelic
- द्विधा गतिवालाHindi
- kétéltűHungarian
- amfibiIndonesian
- anfibia, anfibioItalian
- אַמפִיבִּיHebrew
- 水陸両用Japanese
- 수륙 양용의Korean
- amphibiumLatin
- водоземенMacedonian
- amfibia, dualamMalay
- amfibischDutch
- amfibiskeNorwegian
- ziemnowodnyPolish
- anfíbioPortuguese
- amfibiuRomanian
- земноводный, десантныйRussian
- amfibijskiSerbo-Croatian
- amfibiskSwedish
- நீரிலும் நிலத்திலும் வாழ்கிறTamil
- สะเทินน้ำสะเทินบกThai
- amfibiTurkish
- десантнийUkrainian
- بحریUrdu
- lội nướcVietnamese
- אַמפיביאָוסYiddish
- 水陸兩用Chinese
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