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Amphibious adj.

Having the ability to live both on land and in water, as frogs, crocodiles, beavers, and some plants.

Pertaining to, adapted for, or connected with, both land and water. "The amphibious character of the Greeks was already determined: they were to be lords of land and sea."

Of a mixed nature; partaking of two natures. "Not in free and common socage, but in this amphibious subordinate class of villein socage."

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Etymology of 'Amphibious'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Amphibious" Quotes from Famous Books

... in the alligators, ganoid fishes, sea-cows, and tall gray herons, the ichthyosaurus, holoptychius, dinotherium, and brontozoum of ancient days. Here and there the river is bordered with low alluvial deposits covered with feathery-topped arrow-grass and amphibious vegetation; but generally the banks are about ten feet high and magnificently wooded; they are abrupt, and ...

— The Andes and the Amazon - Across the Continent of South America • James Orton

... is an amphibious animal, and spends full half of his time in the water, he cannot remain long, without coming to the surface to take breath; and already the heads of several were seen at different points in the lake. Others, again, had boldly climbed out on the ...

— The Desert Home - The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness • Mayne Reid

... exhibited themselves in all degrees of ugliness and deformity. Of course Madame de Villegry did not bathe, being, as she said, too nervous. She was sitting under a large parasol and enjoying her own superiority over those wretched, amphibious creatures who waddled on the sands before her, comparing Madame X to a seal and Mademoiselle Z to the skeleton ...

— Jacqueline, v2 • Th. Bentzon (Mme. Blanc)

... knowledge of law enabled the pastor to be the worldly as well as the spiritual counsellor of his people. A striking case in point is that of the venerable Parson Eaton, who resided in a lonely seafaring district on the coast of Maine, and preached to a congregation who lived the amphibious life of farmers and fishermen. The town of Harpswell, where ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, February, 1858 • Various

... any other man, doubtless this would have been so. But he was as nearly amphibious as a human being can be, and could dive and swim and hold his breath, yes, and see beneath the surface as well as the animal from which he took his name. Never did such gifts stand their owner in better stead than during the minutes of ...

— The People Of The Mist • H. Rider Haggard

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