amphibian
/æmˈfɪbɪən/
amphibian adjective: of or relating to the class Amphibia.
Adjective
amphibian (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the class Amphibia.
- Capable of operating on both land and water; amphibious.
- Having two natures.
Noun
amphibian (plural amphibians)
- An animal of the Amphibia; any vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, typically living both on land and in water.
- Synonyms:
- amphibium
- A vehicle which can operate on both land and water.
- A person with two distinct characters, qualities or identities.
- The prime exemplar of such a cast of mind must be Johann Ladislas Pyrker, a definite amphibian and ‘Austro-Hungarian’ in his literary and in his public life. The son of another estate bailiff in Transdanubia, Pyrker became successively a Hungarian official, an Austrian monk and at length a fairly...1994, R. J. W. Evans, “Austrian Identity in Hungarian Perspective: The Nineteenth Century”, in Ritchie Robertson, Edward Timms, editors, The Habsburg Legacy: National Identity in Historical...
amphibian meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
amphibian in Hindi
- of or relating to the class Amphibia
- उभयचर ubhaycar
- vertebrate
- उभयचर ubhaycar
amphibian in Tamil
- நீர்நிலம் வாழ்வன, இரு வாழ்வி, ஈரூடகவாழி, நீர்நில வாழ்வி, நிலநீர்வாழ் உயிரினம், நிலநீர் இரண்டிலும் இயங்கவல்ல போர்க்கலம்
amphibian in Urdu
- جل تھلیا
amphibian in Telugu
- vertebrate
- ఉభయచరము ubhayacaramu
More languagesFewer languages
- amphibian in Malayalam
- ഉഭയജീവി ubhayajīvi
- amphibian in Kannada
- ಉಭಯಚರ ubhayacara
- amphibian in Sanskrit
- उभयचर ubhayacara
- amphibian in Tagalog
- ampibyo
- amphibian in Arabic
- بَرْمَائِيّ barmāʔiyy, قَازِب qāzib
- amphibian in Malay
- binatang dualam, binatang amfibia, haiwan dualam, haiwan amfibia
- amphibian in Indonesian
- amfibi
- amphibian in Persian
- دوزیست duzist
- amphibian in Thai
- สัตว์ครึ่งบกครึ่งน้ำ sàt-krʉ̂ng-bòk-krʉ̂ng-náam, สัตว์สะเทินน้ำสะเทินบก sàt-sà-təən-náam-sà-təən-bòk
- amphibian in Vietnamese
- lưỡng cư
- Kashmiri
- جل تھلیہٕ jl thlyụ
Examples of amphibian in a sentence
- Most amphibians are aquatic only while young, but some amphibians with neoteny remain aquatic even as adults.
- This park offers important amphibian habitat and breeding area.
- The Palmate Newt is a common Western European amphibian.
Synonyms of amphibian
Forms of amphibian
| plural | amphibians |
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Origin of amphibian
Learned borrowing from Latin amphibius [from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios), from ἀμφίς (amphís, “of both kinds”) + βίος (bíos, “life”)] + -an.
Words formed from amphibian
- amphibian helicopter
- amphibian plane
- amphibian species
- amphibian tank
- Memphibian
- amphibiankind
- amphibianlike
- amphibicide
- nonamphibian
- triphibian
Questions about amphibian
- What does amphibian mean?
- Amphibian means of or relating to the class Amphibia.
- What is amphibian in Hindi?
- Amphibian in Hindi is उभयचर (ubhaycar). See Amphibian meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is amphibian?
- Amphibian can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce amphibian?
- Amphibian is pronounced /æmˈfɪbɪən/.
Words near amphibian in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: amphibian (page history and authors); amphibian (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amphibian (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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