amphibious

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
22
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/æmˈfɪbi.əs/
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/æmˈfɪbi.əs/ · /amˈfɪbɪjəs/ · /ɛmˈfəbi.əs/ · /amˈfɪbe.əs/

Definition of amphibious

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Capable of functioning on land or in water.
    “an amphibious vehicle”
    “Most Dutch cities began on a terp or artificial mound to which the prehistoric amphibious folk rushed for refuge when floods rolled in.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Capable of functioning on land or in water.
    “an amphibious vehicle”
    “Most Dutch cities began on a terp or artificial mound to which the prehistoric amphibious folk rushed for refuge when floods rolled in.”
  2. (not-comparable)Occurring on both land and water.
    “an amphibious attack”
    “Taiwan’s navy has taken delivery of a new, domestically made amphibious warfare ship that can be used to land troops and bolster supply lines to vulnerable islands, part of a push by Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen to achieve defence self-sufficiency.”
  3. (humorous, not-comparable)Ambidextrous.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios), from ἀμφί (amphí) + βίος (bíos, “life”).

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