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adjective
1.
living or able to live both on land and in water; belonging to both land and water.
2.
Also, amphibian. capable of operating on both land and water: amphibious vehicles.
3.
of or pertaining to military operations by both land and naval forces against the same object, especially to a military attack by troops landed by naval ships.
4.
trained or organized to fight, or fighting, on both land and sea: amphibious troops.
5.
combining two qualities, kinds, traits, etc.; of or having a mixed or twofold nature.
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Amphibious
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Example Sentences
- Mosses are the amphibious descendants of aquatic algae.
- To send own amphibious warfare equipment to take the battle to enemy shores.
- But, alone among the sea snakes, they are amphibious and able to spend up to ten days at a time on land.
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Word Origin & History
amphibious
1640s, from Gk. amphibios (see amphibian). Of motor vehicles, from 1915.
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