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triphibian

[ trahy-fib-ee-uhn ]

adjective

  1. skilled in combat equally on land, sea, and in the air.
  2. (of an aircraft) equipped to take off from land, water, snow, or ice.

noun

  1. a person who is triphibian.
  2. a triphibian airplane.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of triphibian1

First recorded in 1940–45; tri- + (am)phibian

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Example Sentences

Noise of air, he was flying, it must have been a triphibian they took him onto.

But he could not anticipate what would happen to him in his Triphibian Atomicar.

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