amphibious adj

1 relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia [syn: amphibian]

2 operating or living on land and in water; "amphibious vehicles"; "amphibious operations"; "amphibious troops"; "frogs are amphibious animals" [ant: aquatic, terrestrial]

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

1. Capable of functioning on land or in water.
2. Occurring on both land and water.

   amphibious attack

Related terms

• amphibian

Translations

• Chinese: 兩棲, 两栖
• Croatian: amfibijski
• Dutch: amfibisch
• French: amphibie m|f
• German: amphibisch
• Greek: αμφίβιος , αμφίβια , αμφίβιο
• Italian: anfibio, anfibia
• Japanese: 水陸両用
• Korean: 수륙 양용
• Russian: земноводный , земноводная , земноводное
• Spanish: anfibio, anfibia

Amphibious means able to use either land or water. In particular it may refer to:

• Amphibious warfare, warfare carried out on both land and water
• Amphibians, vertebrate animals of the Class Amphibia (many of which live on land and breed in water)
• Amphibious vehicle, a vehicle capable of being driven on both land and water
• Amphibious aircraft, an aircraft capable of landing on water
• Amphibious fish, fish that are able to leave water for extended periods of time

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