1. Relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia
   - amphibious

1. A flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water
   - amphibious vehicle 
2. An aeroplane designed to take off and land on water
   - amphibious aircraft 
3. Cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form

Derived forms: amphibians

See also: amphibia

Type of: aeroplane [Brit], airplane [N. Amer], automotive vehicle, craniate, motor vehicle, plane, vertebrate

Part of: amphibia, class Amphibia

Encyclopedia: Amphibian

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