Amphibious Definition

ăm-fĭbē-əs
adjective
That can live both on land and in water.
Webster's New World
Able to operate both on land and in water.
Amphibious tanks.
American Heritage
That can operate or travel on both land and water.
Webster's New World
Relating to or organized for a military landing by means of combined naval and land forces.
American Heritage
Designating, of, or for a military operation involving the landing of assault troops on a shore from seaborne transports.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Amphibious

  • From Latin amphibius from Greek amphibios amphibian

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphibios).

    From Wiktionary

Amphibious Sentence Examples

  • The fact that the semi-wild tribes, which are ethnologically Malayan and distinct from the aboriginal Semang and Sakai, are met with almost invariably in the neighbourhood of the coast would seem to indicate that they reached the peninsula by a sea, not by a land route, a supposition which is strengthened by their almost amphibious habits.

  • The finest and closest wools are possessed by the amphibious Carnivora and Rodentia, viz.

  • Is of the amphibious class and is found throughout North America and in Russia, China and Japan.

  • The principal characteristic of the mink in comparison with its congeners is its amphibious mode of life.

  • They range from regular human like colossi to flying colossi and even amphibious colossi.

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