Meaning

3 senses
  1. An animal of the Amphibia; any vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, typically living both on land and in water.

    Amphibie, Amphibium, Lurch

    земново́дноеzemnovódnoje, амфи́бияamfíbija

    земново́днеzemnovódne, амфі́біяamfíbija

    cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form

  2. A vehicle which can operate on both land and water.

    Amphibienfahrzeug

    амфи́бияamfíbija

    a flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water

  3. (uncommon)A person with two distinct characters, qualities or identities.

Examples

27 sentences
  1. Frogs, toads, newts and salamanders are amphibians.

  2. What amphibians do people eat?

  3. I learned about amphibians at school.

    Я дізнався про земноводних в школі. — oromashka

    deÜber Amphibien habe ich in der Schule etwas gelernt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Fish, amphibians, and reptiles are cold-blooded animals.

    Риби, земноводні та плазуни — холоднокровні тварини. — deniko

    deFische, Amphibien und Kriechtiere sind Kaltblüter. — Yorwba

  5. It's an amphibian.

    Це амфібія. — deniko

    ruЭто амфибия. — Selena777

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
vertebrate:
Русский
By meaning 1
vertebrate:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
vertebrate:
vehicle:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin amphibius [from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios), from ἀμφί

Learned borrowing from Latin amphibius [from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios), from ἀμφίς (amphís, “of both kinds”) + βίος (bíos, “life”)] + -an.

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Forms

plural: amphibians
Singularamphibian
Pluralamphibians

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an airplane designed to take off and land on water:amphibious aircraft
  • a flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water:amphibious vehicle

Word family

13 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
amphibian — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto