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Definition of Amphibious

1. Adjective. Relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia.

2. Adjective. Operating or living on land and in water. "Frogs are amphibious animals"

Definition of Amphibious

1. a. Having the ability to live both on land and in water, as frogs, crocodiles, beavers, and some plants.

Definition of Amphibious

1. Adjective. Capable of functioning on land or in water. ¹

2. Adjective. Occurring on both land and water. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Amphibious

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Amphibious

1. 1. Having the ability to live both on land and in water, as frogs, crocodiles, beavers, and some plants. 2. Pertaining to, adapted for, or connected with, both land and water. "The amphibious character of the Greeks was already determined: they were to be lords of land and sea." (Hare) 3. Of a mixed nature; partaking of two natures. "Not in free and common socage, but in this amphibious subordinate class of villein socage." (Blackstone) Origin: Gr. Living a double life, i. E, both on land in water; + life. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amphibious

amphibamid amphibamids amphibaric amphibia amphibial amphibian amphibian family amphibian genus amphibian venoms amphibianlike

amphibians amphibiological amphibiology amphibiotic amphibiotica amphibious (current term) amphibious aircraft amphibious car amphibious demonstration amphibious landing

amphibious operation amphibious vehicle amphibiously amphibiousness amphiblastic amphibole amphibole group amphiboles amphibolic

Literary usage of Amphibious

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Temple of Nature, Or, The Origin of Society: A Poem, with Philosophical by Erasmus Darwin (1804)
"DD GARDEN dissected the amphibious creature called diodon by Linneus, and was amazed to find that it possessed both external gills and internal lungs, ..."

2. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1794)
"1 am, • Dear fir, mon faithfully yours, WM. HUNTER. j4n Account cf the amphibious Ani- ... Jt gives this amphibious animal an air of re- ..."

3. The Final Campaign: Marines in the Victory on Okinawa by Joseph H. Alexander (1996)
"Each reflected the collective amphibious expertise attained by the Pacific ... No unit better represented this progression of amphibious virtuosity than the ..."

4. Travels Through Sweden, Finland, and Lapland, to the North Cape, in the by Giuseppe Acerbi (1802)
"Of the amphibious Animals, the Ft/hes and ... However the amphibious tribe is by no means numerous, ..."

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