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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

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;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia;
[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