[syn: amphibious, amphibian]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Amphibian \Am*phib"i*an\ (-an), a. (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Amphibian \Am*phib"i*an\, n. (Zool.)
One of the Amphibia.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
amphibian
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of animals of the class
Amphibia [syn: amphibious, amphibian]
n 1: a flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or
water [syn: amphibian, amphibious vehicle]
2: an airplane designed to take off and land on water [syn:
amphibian, amphibious aircraft]
3: cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding
in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult
form