Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various cold-blooded, usually smooth-skinned vertebrates of the class Amphibia, characteristically hatching as an aquatic larva with gills and then transforming into an adult having air-breathing lungs. Frogs, toads, salamanders, and caecilians are amphibians.
- noun An animal capable of living both on land and in water.
- noun An aircraft that can take off and land on either land or water.
- noun A tracked or wheeled vehicle that can operate both on land and in water.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to amphibia in any sense; specifically, pertaining to the class Amphibia. See
amphibious , 2. - noun An animal of the class Amphibia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of the Amphibia.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Amphibia.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Having two
natures . - adjective Pertaining to the
Amphibia . - noun An animal of the
Amphibia ; anyfour-legged vertebrate that does not haveamniotic eggs, living both on land and in water. - noun A
vehicle which can operate on land and water. - adjective Of or relating to the amphibians
Amphibia . - adjective Capable of operating on both land and water
amphibious .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water
- noun cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form
- adjective relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia
- noun an airplane designed to take off and land on water
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The word amphibian comes from the Greek amphibios meaning "both lives".
Amphibian 2008
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"As you erudite people well know, the word amphibian comes from the Greek amphi and bios, meaning to live a double life.
Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas Robbins, Tom 1994
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Moore says what's unique about this Australian amphibian is its way of breeding.
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Moore says what's unique about this Australian amphibian is its way of breeding.
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Moore says what's unique about this Australian amphibian is its way of breeding.
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Moore says what's unique about this Australian amphibian is its way of breeding.
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Colombia is one of the worlds richest countries in amphibian diversity with more than 583 species.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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These sorts of inductions can occur in amphibian creatures simply by placing the animals in water that has been previously used by their predators!
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These sorts of inductions can occur in amphibian creatures simply by placing the animals in water that has been previously used by their predators!
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A black, non-troglomorphic amphibian from the karst of Slovenia: Proteus anguinus parkelj n. ssp.
Archive 2006-03-01 Darren Naish 2006
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