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am⋅phib⋅i⋅ous

[am-fib-ee-uhs]
–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, esp. 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.

Origin:
1635–45; < L amphibius < Gk amphíbios living a double life. See amphi-, bio-, -ous


am⋅phib⋅i⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
am⋅phib⋅i⋅ous⋅ness, noun
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am·phib·i·ous   (ām-fĭb'ē-əs)   
adj.  
  1. Biology Living or able to live both on land and in water.

  2. Able to operate both on land and in water: amphibious tanks.

  3. Relating to or organized for a military landing by means of combined naval and land forces.

  4. Of a mixed or twofold nature.


[From Latin amphibius, from Greek amphibios; see amphibian.]
am·phib'i·ous·ly adv., am·phib'i·ous·ness n.
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