amphibian

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιον (amphibion), from ἀμφί (amphi, “of both kinds”) + βίος (bios, “life”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: ăm'fĭb"ĭ-ən, IPA: /æmˈfɪbɪən/, X-SAMPA: /"{m%fIbI@n/

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Adjective

amphibian (comparative more amphibian, superlative most amphibian)

1. (obsolete) Having two natures.
2. Pertaining to the Amphibia.

Noun

amphibian (plural amphibians)

1. An animal of the Amphibia; any four-legged vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, living both on land and in water.
2. A vehicle which can operate on land and water.

Hypernyms

• Animalia
• Chordata
• Tetrapoda

Hyponyms

• Batrachia
• batrachian
• batrachofauna
• Labyrinthodontia (extinct)
• Lepospondyli (extinct)
• Lissamphibia

  Anura

  Caudata

  Gymnophiona

• Salientia

Related terms

• Amphibia
• amphibiology
• amphibiotic
• amphibious
• amphibius

Translations

vertebrate

• Armenian: երկկենցաղ (hy) (erkkenc’aġ)
• Belarusian: земнаводнае (be) (zemnavódnaje) n, амфібія (be) (amfíbija) f
• Bulgarian: земноводно (bg) (zemnovódno) n
• Catalan: amfibi
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 兩棲動物 (cmn), 两栖动物 (cmn) (liǎngqīdòngwù)

• Czech: obojživelník (cs) m
• Danish: amfibium (da) n
• Dutch: amfibie (nl) m
• Finnish: sammakkoeläin (fi)
• French: amphibien (fr) m
• Georgian: ამფიბია (ka) (amp'ibia)
• German: Amphibie (de) f, Amphibium (de) n, Lurch (de) m
• Greek: αμφίβιο (el) (amfívio) n
• Hebrew: דו־חי (he) (du-khay) m
• Hungarian: kétéltű (hu)
• Icelandic: froskdýr (is) n
• Italian: anfibio (it) m
• Japanese: 両生 (ja) (りょうせい, ryōsei), 両生類 (ja) (りょうせいるい, ryōseirui)
• Khmer: ថលជលិកសត្វ (km) (tʰa’la’chea’lik sat)
• Korean: 양서류 (ko) (yangseoryu) (兩棲類 (ko)), 수륙양용비행기 (ko) (suryukyangyongbihaenggi)
• Lithuanian: varliagyvis (lt) m, amfibija (lt) f
• Lojban: banfi

• Macedonian: водоземец (mk) (vodozémec) m
• Malay: binatang dualam (ms), binatang amfibia (ms), haiwan dualam (ms), haiwan amfibia (ms)
• Maori: ikawhenua (mi)
• Navajo: biyáázh tsʼǫʼasánígíí
• Polish: płaz (pl) m
• Portuguese: anfíbio (pt) m
• Russian: земноводное (ru) (zemnovódnoje) n, амфибия (ru) (amfíbija) f
• Scottish Gaelic: muir-thìreach (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: водоземац (sh) m, амфибија (sh) f

  Roman: vodozemac (sh) m, amfibija (sh) f

• Slovak: obojživelník (sk) m
• Slovene: dvoživka (sl) f
• Spanish: anfibio (es) m
• Swedish: amfibie (sv)
• Telugu: ఉభయచరము (te)
• Turkish: iki yaşamlı (tr), amfibi (tr)
• Ukrainian: земноводне (uk) (zemnovódne) n, амфібія (uk) (amfíbija) f
• Vietnamese: lưỡng cư (vi)
• Volapük: (♂♀) mafib (vo), (♂) himafib (vo), (♀) jimafib (vo), (♂♀ offspring) mafibül (vo), (♂ offspring) himafibül (vo), (♀ offspring) jimafibül (vo), (♂♀) mafibalarvat (vo), fibaf (vo) (older, obsolete term)
• West Frisian: amfiby (fy) c

See also

• Appendix: Animals
• amphibole
• amphibology
• amphiboly
• batrachology
• herpetology (amphibiology, reptiliology)

Adjective

amphibian (comparative more amphibian, superlative most amphibian)

1. Of or relating to the amphibians Amphibia.
2. Capable of operating on both land and water amphibious.

Derived terms

• amphibian helicopter
• amphibian species
• amphibian tank