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amphibian (iou)



amphibian adjective & noun. M17.
[from AMPHIBIUM + -AN.]
A. adjective.
Of double or doubtful nature. rare. M17.
A. Tate Mr. Eliot is amphibian and, if 'neither living or dead', is likewise neither American nor English; he is both.
Of or pertaining to the Amphibia. M19.
Of a vehicle or other conveyance: able to operate both on land and water. E20.
H. G. Wells Enormous amphibian tanks crawl up out of the water. M. Innes An amphibian plane could come and go in darkness.
b. noun.
An animal belonging to the class Amphibia. M19.
fig.: G. Sarton The Greeks were..restless amphibians sailing across the Mediterranean or caravaning across foreign lands.
A person having a double nature or mode of existence. E20.
A vehicle or other conveyance able to operate both on land and on water. E20.