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Meaning of amphibian in English
Pronunciation
/æmˈfɪbiən/
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Noun
amphibian
Etymology
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘having two modes of existence or of doubtful nature’): from modern Latin amphibium‘an amphibian’, from Greek amphibion (noun use of amphibios‘living both in water and on land’, from amphi‘both’ + bios‘life’)
Definitions
1.
a flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water
2.
an airplane designed to take off and land on water
3.
cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water
Examples
« aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form »
Qualitative Adjective
amphibian
Definitions
1.
relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia