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Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιον (amphíbion), from ἀμφίς (amphís, “of both kinds”) + βίος (bíos, “life”).
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Adjective[edit]
amphibian (comparative more amphibian, superlative most amphibian)
- Of or relating to the class Amphibia.
- Capable of operating on both land and water amphibious.
- (obsolete) Having two natures.
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Translations[edit]
of or relating to the class Amphibia
amphibian (plural amphibians)
- An animal of the Amphibia; any four-legged vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, living both on land and in water.
- A vehicle which can operate on land and water. See Wikipedia article on "Amphibious aircraft"
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vertebrate
- Albanian: amfib (sq) m
- Arabic: بَرْمَائِيّ m (barmāʔiyy), قَازِب m (qāzib)
- Armenian: երկկենցաղ (hy) (erkkencʿał)
- Azerbaijani: amfibiya
- Belarusian: земнаво́днае n (zjemnavódnaje), амфі́бія f (amfíbija)
- Bulgarian: земново́дно (bg) n (zemnovódno), амфи́бия (bg) f (amfíbija)
- Catalan: amfibi (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 兩棲動物／两栖动物 (zh) (liǎngqīdòngwù)
- Czech: obojživelník (cs) m
- Danish: amfibium (da) n
- Dutch: amfibie (nl) m
- Esperanto: amfibio
- Estonian: kahepaikne
- Finnish: sammakkoeläin
- French: amphibien (fr) m, batracien (fr) m
- Galician: anfibio (gl) m
- Georgian: ამფიბია (ampibia)
- German: Amphibie (de) f, Amphibium (de) n, Lurch (de) m
- Greek: αμφίβιο (el) n (amfívio)
- Ancient: ἀμφίβιον n (amphíbion)
- Hawaiian: pepeʻekua
- Hebrew: דּוּ־חַי (he) m (du-khay)
- Hindi: उभयचर (hi) m (ubhaycar)
- Hungarian: kétéltű (hu)
- Icelandic: froskdýr (is) n
- Ido: amfibio (io)
- Indonesian: amfibi (id)
- Irish: amfaibiach m, débheathach m
- 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)
- Kannada: ಉಭಯಚರ (ubhayacara)
- Kazakh: қосмекенді (qosmekendı)
- Khmer: ថលជលិកសត្វ (thaʼlaʼcĕəʼlɨk sat), មណ្ឌុកសត្វ (mŭəndukaʼ sat)
- Korean: 양서류(兩棲類) (ko) (yangseoryu)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: bejavî (ku)
- Kyrgyz: амфибия (ky) (amfibiya)
- Latin: amphibium n
- Latvian: abinieks m, amfībija f
- Lithuanian: varliagyvis m, amfibija (lt) f
- Macedonian: водо́земец m (vodózemec), амфибија f (amfibija)
- Malay: binatang dualam, binatang amfibia, haiwan dualam, haiwan amfibia
- Malayalam: ഉഭയജീവി (ml) (ubhayajīvi)
- Maori: ikawhenua, ikaoneone
- Navajo: biyáázh tsʼǫʼasánígíí
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: amfibium (no) n
- Nynorsk: amfibium n
- Persian: دوزیست (fa) (duzist)
- Polish: płaz (pl) m, amfibia (pl) f
- Portuguese: anfíbio (pt) m
- Romanian: amfibian (ro) m
- Russian: земново́дное (ru) n (zemnovódnoje), амфи́бия (ru) f (amfíbija)
- Scottish Gaelic: muir-thìreach m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: водоземац m, амфибија f
- Roman: vodozemac m, amfibija (sh) f
- Slovak: obojživelník (sk) m
- Slovene: dvoživka (sl) f
- Spanish: anfibio (es) m
- Swedish: amfibie (sv)
- Tagalog: ampibiyo
- Tajik: обхоки (obxoki), дузист (duzist)
- Telugu: ఉభయచరము (te) (ubhayacaramu)
- Thai: สัตว์ครึ่งบกครึ่งน้ำ (sàt-krʉ̂ng-bòk-krʉ̂ng-náam), สัตว์สะเทินน้ำสะเทินบก (sàt-sà-təən-náam-sà-təən-bòk)
- Turkish: iki yaşamlı, amfibi (tr)
- Ukrainian: земново́дне n (zemnovódne), амфі́бія (uk) f (amfíbija)
- Uzbek: amfibiya (uz)
- Vietnamese: lưỡng cư
- Volapük: mafib (vo), fibaf (obsolete)
- West Frisian: amfiby c
- Zazaki: amfibi c, duzısti
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