What does Amphibious mean?

Definitions for Amphibious
æmˈfɪb i əsam·phibi·ous

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. amphibious, amphibianadjective

    relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia

  2. amphibiousadjective

    operating or living on land and in water

    "amphibious vehicles"; "amphibious operations"; "amphibious troops"; "frogs are amphibious animals"

Wiktionary

  1. amphibiousadjective

    Capable of functioning on land or in water.

  2. amphibiousadjective

    Occurring on both land and water.

    amphibious attack

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. AMPHIBIOUSadjective

    That which partakes of two natures, so as to live in two elements; as, in air and water.

    Etymology: ἄμφι and βίος.

    A creature of amphibious nature,
    On land a beast, a fish in water. Hudibras, cant. iii.

    Those are called amphibious, which live freely in the air, upon the earth, and yet are observed to live long upon water, as if they were natural inhabitants of that element; though it be worth the examination to know, whether any of those creatures that live at that ease, and by choice, a good while, or at any time upon the earth, can live, a long time together, perfectly under water. John Locke.

    Fishes contain much oil, and amphibious animals participate somewhat of the nature of fishes, and are oily. Arbuthnot.

ChatGPT

  1. amphibious

    Amphibious refers to the characteristic of being able to function or live both in water and on land. This term is commonly used to describe certain types of animals, vehicles or operations. For instance, amphibious animals, like frogs or turtles, have adapted to survive in both terrestrial and aquatic environments, while amphibious vehicles, like hovercrafts, can travel on both land and water. In military terms, amphibious operations involve forces that are specifically trained to carry out attacks launched from the sea onto land.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Amphibiousadjective

    having the ability to live both on land and in water, as frogs, crocodiles, beavers, and some plants

  2. Amphibiousadjective

    pertaining to, adapted for, or connected with, both land and water

  3. Amphibiousadjective

    of a mixed nature; partaking of two natures

  4. Etymology: [Gr. 'amfi`bios living a double life, i. e., both on land in water; 'amfi` + bi`os life.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Amphibious in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Amphibious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Amphibious in a Sentence

  1. Rory Medcalf:

    Pro-defense spending actors within China can easily say China is expanding its global role to justify spending on submarines, amphibious ships and aircraft carriers.

  2. Michael Logue:

    I stand up on overwatch and we start rolling forward. And 30 seconds later, I see a Marine in the open. I see a fireball. And then I see I, you know, start to feel explode, you know, start to hear the explosion because you always kind of feel it and see things first and then then you actually hear it, it was a pressure plate, IED with like hacksaw blades, and it shot the amount of explosives, had a piece of steel over top of it. So it creates a big shaped charge. And it just sliced right through the aluminum underbelly of this Amphibious Assault Vehicle hitting all the jet fuel, hitting all the 50,000 rounds of ammunition.

  3. Vasily Kashin:

    Before we had to use amphibious landing ships to carry supplies to Syria. But now they are not sufficient and we are creating a new class of military transports which are part of the navy but in fact are pure cargo ships.

  4. Professor Auke Ijspeert:

    We're now making an amphibious robot that will have the same swimming and walking properties, but will be a bit more sturdy, here clearly there's a big interest of having a robot that can crawl, go through small spaces, can swim a bit. And if you have a collapsed building; you think there are survivors, you will not send a dog because maybe the building is too dangerous. It may be very interesting to have an amphibious robot that you remote control; see if there are survivors and decide then if it's worth sending a team or not.

  5. Sidharth Kaushal:

    The Taiwanese air force would have to sink around 40 % of the amphibious landing forces of the PLA in order to render this sort of mission infeasible.

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