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amphibian

  • adjective
  • ăm'fĭb"ĭ-ən

Of or relating to the class Amphibia.

Other meanings

  1. Capable of operating on both land and water; amphibious.

  2. Having two natures.

Synonyms

  • amphibious

Related words

  • amphibian helicopter
  • amphibian plane
  • amphibian species
  • amphibian tank
  • Memphibian

Example sentences

  • “Reptiles are more closely related to mammals than to amphibians.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Ancient Greek "ἀμφίβιος".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “amphibian” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.