amphibious
Other forms: amphibiously
If you can drive your car down the highway and then go off road and ford a few rivers, too, you've got an amphibious vehicle — something that works on land and in the water, too.
Amphibious also describes animals that can live on land or in the water — like frogs and toads — and comes from the Greek roots amphi "both" and bios "life." Military operations where both your army and your navy are involved — one attacking by land and the other by sea — are called amphibious assaults or amphibious operations.
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relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia
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synonyms:
amphibian
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operating or living on land and in water“amphibious vehicles”“amphibious operations”“amphibious troops”“frogs are amphibious animals”
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Synonyms:
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amphibiotic, semiaquatic
having an aquatic early or larval form and a terrestrial adult form
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Antonyms:
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aquatic
operating or living or growing in water
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terrestrial
operating or living or growing on land
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marine
native to or inhabiting the sea
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semiaquatic, subaquatic
partially aquatic; living or growing partly on land and partly in water
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subaquatic, subaqueous, submerged, submersed, underwater
growing or remaining under water
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onshore
on the edge of the land
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overland
traveling or passing over land
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amphibiotic, semiaquatic
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