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Definition of Amphibian

1. Noun. A flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water.

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

3. Noun. An airplane designed to take off and land on water.

4. Noun. Cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form.

Definition of Amphibian

1. a. Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles.

2. n. One of the Amphibia.

Definition of Amphibian

1. Adjective. (obsolete) Having two natures. ¹

2. Adjective. Pertaining to the Amphibia. ¹

3. Noun. An animal of the Amphibia; any four-legged vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, living both on land and in water. ¹

4. Noun. A vehicle which can operate on land and water. ¹

5. Adjective. Of or relating to the amphibians Amphibia. ¹

6. Adjective. Capable of operating on both land and water amphibious. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Amphibian

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Amphibian

1. Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles. One of the Amphibia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amphibian

amphetamines amphetaminil amphetaminism amphi- amphiarthrodial amphiarthroses amphiarthrosis amphiarthrotic amphiaster amphiasters

amphibamid amphibamids amphibaric amphibia amphibial amphibian (current term) amphibian family amphibian genus amphibian venoms amphibianlike

amphibians amphibiological amphibiology amphibiotic amphibiotica amphibious amphibious aircraft amphibious car amphibious demonstration

Literary usage of Amphibian

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

1. Across the Reef: The Amphibious Tracked Vehicle at War by Victor J. Croizat (2001)
"... Appendix 2 amphibian Tractors in the Major Marine Corps Landings of World War II Number GUADALCANAL D-Day, 7 August 1942 1st amphibian Tractor Battalion ..."

2. History of the World War by Frank Herbert Simonds (1917)
"What kind of foe is this "Great amphibian" which, for the first time in history, Germany has drawn out against her? Many valiant enemies has the Prussian ..."

3. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1899)
"VI ON SOME amphibian AND REPTILIAN REMAINS FROM SOUTH AFRICA AND AUSTRALIA Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, vol. xv., 1859, //. 642-649. ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1912)
"Myrtle Elizabeth Johnson: '' The Control of Pigment Formation in amphibian Larvae." Walter Pearson Kelley: "The Functions and Distribution of Manganese in ..."

5. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1869)
"On a new Labyrinthodont amphibian from the Northumberland Coal-field, ... of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the remains of a small amphibian belonging to Prof. ..."

6. The Evolution of Man: A Popular Exposition of the Principal Points of Human by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1897)
"Descent of all Higher Vertebrates from a Five-toed amphibian ... Different Stages in amphibian Metamorphosis.—The Gilled Batrachians (Proteus and ..."

7. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"Diagram of the heart A, in an amphibian ; B, in a Crocodile. A, right auricle ; A1, left auricle ; Ap. pulmonary artery ; lr. pulmonary vein ; RA. aortic ..."

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