amphibian

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιον (amphíbion), from ἀμφί (amphí, “of both kinds”) + βίος (bíos, “life”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: ăm'fĭb"ĭ-ən, IPA^(key): /æmˈfɪbɪən/

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Adjective

amphibian (comparative more amphibian, superlative most amphibian)

1. Of or relating to the class Amphibia.
2. Capable of operating on both land and water amphibious.
3. (obsolete) Having two natures.

Derived terms

• amphibian helicopter
• amphibian species
• amphibian tank

Translations

of or relating to the class Amphibia

• Esperanto: amfibia (eo)
• German: amphibisch (de), Amphibien-

• Kurdish: bejavî (ku)
• Polish: płazi (pl)
• Volapük: mafibik (vo), fibafik (obsolete)

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. See Wikipedia article on "Amphibious aircraft"

Synonyms

• amphibium

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

• Albanian: amfib (sq) m
• Arabic: بَرْمَائِيّ‎ m (barmāʾiyy), 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 (zh), 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)
• Hawaiian: pepeʻekua
• Hebrew: חַי־דּוּ‎ m (du-khay)
• Hindi: उभयचर (hi) m (ubhyacar)
• Hungarian: kétéltű (hu)
• Icelandic: froskdýr (is) n
• Ido: amfibio (io)
• Indonesian: amfibia
• Interlingue: amfibie
• Irish: amfaibiach m, débheathach m
• Italian: anfibio (it) m
• Japanese: 両生 (りょうせい, ryōsei), 両生類 (ja) (りょうせいるい, ryōseirui)
• Kazakh: амфибия (amfïbïya), қосмекенді (qosmekendi)
• Khmer: ថលជលិកសត្វ (thaʼlĕəʼcĕəʼlɨk sat), មណ្ឌុកសត្វ (mŭəndukaʼ sat)
• Korean: 양서류 (ko) (yangseoryu) (兩棲類 (ko))
• 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
• Maori: ikawhenua
• Navajo: biyáázh tsʼǫʼasánígíí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: amfibium (no) n

  Nynorsk: amfibium n

• Persian: دوزیست‎ (fa) (duzist)
• Polish: płaz (pl) m
• Portuguese: anfíbio (pt) 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

vehicle

• Finnish: amfibi, amfibioajoneuvo
• German: Amphibienfahrzeug (de) n

• Polish: amfibia (pl) f

See also

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