amphibious
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios). From ἀμφί (amphí) + βίος (bíos, “life”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]amphibious (not comparable)
- Capable of functioning on land or in water.
- Synonym: amphibian
- Coordinate terms: triphibious, omniphibious
- an amphibious vehicle
- 1898, The Outlook, volume 60, page 281:
- Most Dutch cities began on a terp or artificial mound to which the prehistoric amphibious folk rushed for refuge when floods rolled in.
- Occurring on both land and water.
- an amphibious attack
- 2022 September 30, “Taiwan adds new amphibious warfare ship to defence inventory”, in Al Jazeera[1], archived from the original on 30 September 2022[2]:
- Taiwan’s navy has taken delivery of a new, domestically made amphibious warfare ship that can be used to land troops and bolster supply lines to vulnerable islands, part of a push by Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen to achieve defence self-sufficiency.
- (sports, humorous) Ambidextrous.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- amphibian (noun)
Translations
[edit]capable of functioning on land or in water
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occurring on both land and water
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