Amphibious
adjective
Able to live both on land and in water.
Turtles are amphibious creatures.
Often appears as...
- amphibious creatures
- amphibious animals
adjective
Relating to military operations by both land and naval forces against the same object, especially to a naval attack on a seaport.
The navy conducted an amphibious assault on the enemy's coastline.
Often appears as...
- amphibious warfare
- amphibious assault
adjective
Describes a vehicle, craft, building, etc. designed or suitable for use both on land and in water.
The army used an amphibious vehicle to cross the river.
Often appears as...
- amphibious vehicle
- amphibious aircraft
adjective
Able to live both on land and in water.
Turtles are amphibious creatures.
Often appears as...
- amphibious creatures
- amphibious animals
adjective
Relating to military operations by both land and naval forces against the same object, especially to a naval attack on a seaport.
The navy conducted an amphibious assault on the enemy's coastline.
Often appears as...
- amphibious warfare
- amphibious assault
adjective
Describes a vehicle, craft, building, etc. designed or suitable for use both on land and in water.
The army used an amphibious vehicle to cross the river.
Often appears as...
- amphibious vehicle
- amphibious aircraft
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Natural Habitats
Amphibious creatures are common in wetlands and coastal regions.
Frogs are often found in amphibious environments.
Pro Tip 2/2Biological Adaptation
The term highlights an organism's adaptations to survive in both environments.
Amphibious animals have skin that can breathe both in water and air.
Pro Tip 1/2Natural Habitats
Amphibious creatures are common in wetlands and coastal regions.
Frogs are often found in amphibious environments.
Pro Tip 2/2Biological Adaptation
The term highlights an organism's adaptations to survive in both environments.
Amphibious animals have skin that can breathe both in water and air.
Pro Tip 1/2Natural Habitats
Amphibious creatures are common in wetlands and coastal regions.
Frogs are often found in amphibious environments.
Pro Tip 2/2Biological Adaptation
The term highlights an organism's adaptations to survive in both environments.
Amphibious animals have skin that can breathe both in water and air.
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Jill Shargaa: Please,...
the largest amphibious invasion in world history. Was D-Day awesome? Yes, it was awesome. Did you eat food today? Did you eat? Then you can thank the honeybee, that's the one, because if crops aren't pollinated, we can't grow food, and then we're all going to die. It's just like that.
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Why isn’t the...
Meanwhile in the harbor, floating pavilions rise with the water level. These are the first of several planned amphibious structures, some of which house water purification systems and solar collectors. These strategies are just some of the technologies and policies
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Safari Live - Day 376 PIPE...
leaving the dam when it gets to work to dry sorry and yes I'll have to they are truly amphibious animals and they really require the water they cannot survive without keeping their skin moist and wet so right now I don't even know if that
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Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
porpoise or maybe maybe a seal would also be considered amphibious so let's call them amphibious mammals rather than aquatic ones do you want to get in for it is it necessary since all alright Cinda would like to go to infrared oh
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The de-extinction of...
different world and tree Ranger nature's way of digitizing time so this piece of cedar from the treehouse spans five hundred forty-four years in 1741 only three inches ago the Russians arrived surrounded by amphibious beings they
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Safari Live - Day 300 PIPE...
hippopotamus amphibious and I'm phibian meaning to life easy so we do require the land and the water but in cancer ahead porn land would be a completely different experience to encountering one sitting in the water oh
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Reviving New York's...
into a new public urban space. And that grows over time dynamically with the threat of climate change. It also creates this incredibly interesting, I think, new amphibious public space, where you can imagine working,
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The fish that walk on...
and being hunted by land predators. We think of fish as completely aquatic animals. But the walking catfish is just one of hundreds of fish species that are actually amphibious,
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Zombie Alligator PIPE...
are mystified as to what could cause this amphibious creature to drown alligators spend their lives in and around water it's their lifeblood they
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How to transform sinking...
and you could call us amphibious. We lived both on land and on water. We were adapted to both.
Video examples
Jill Shargaa: Please,...
the largest amphibious invasion in world history. Was D-Day awesome? Yes, it was awesome. Did you eat food today? Did you eat? Then you can thank the honeybee, that's the one, because if crops aren't pollinated, we can't grow food, and then we're all going to die. It's just like that.
Video examples
Why isn’t the...
Meanwhile in the harbor, floating pavilions rise with the water level. These are the first of several planned amphibious structures, some of which house water purification systems and solar collectors. These strategies are just some of the technologies and policies
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 376 PIPE...
leaving the dam when it gets to work to dry sorry and yes I'll have to they are truly amphibious animals and they really require the water they cannot survive without keeping their skin moist and wet so right now I don't even know if that
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
porpoise or maybe maybe a seal would also be considered amphibious so let's call them amphibious mammals rather than aquatic ones do you want to get in for it is it necessary since all alright Cinda would like to go to infrared oh
Video examples
The de-extinction of...
different world and tree Ranger nature's way of digitizing time so this piece of cedar from the treehouse spans five hundred forty-four years in 1741 only three inches ago the Russians arrived surrounded by amphibious beings they
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 300 PIPE...
hippopotamus amphibious and I'm phibian meaning to life easy so we do require the land and the water but in cancer ahead porn land would be a completely different experience to encountering one sitting in the water oh
Video examples
Reviving New York's...
into a new public urban space. And that grows over time dynamically with the threat of climate change. It also creates this incredibly interesting, I think, new amphibious public space, where you can imagine working,
Video examples
The fish that walk on...
and being hunted by land predators. We think of fish as completely aquatic animals. But the walking catfish is just one of hundreds of fish species that are actually amphibious,
Video examples
Zombie Alligator PIPE...
are mystified as to what could cause this amphibious creature to drown alligators spend their lives in and around water it's their lifeblood they
Video examples
How to transform sinking...
and you could call us amphibious. We lived both on land and on water. We were adapted to both.
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David Longstreth
American Musician
It's helpful to just hear things through friends' ears, people who know you well. I guess when I started Dirty Projectors, when I was, like, 20, I always imagined it would be kind of like an amphibious vehicle: something that could go with me wherever I need to go. That kind of constant change has been in the DNA from the beginning.
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Alvaro Enrigue
American Author
Flaubert's Parrot' is an amphibious book in which what appears to be a personal essay about Flaubertian writing is gradually, delicately transformed into an extremely sad novel in which the differences between character, author, and narrator are less clear than they appear at first glance.
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Peyton Manning
American Athlete
My high-school coach Tony Reginelli was kind of famous for 'Reggie-isms,' kind of like 'Yogi-isms.' He always said if you want to be a good quarterback, when sprinting left you want to be amphibious and throw left-handed. I told him, 'You mean ambidextrous, coach?
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Douglas Brinkley
American Author
If D-Day - the greatest amphibious operation ever undertaken - failed, there would be no going back to the drawing board for the Allies. Regrouping and attempting another massive invasion of German-occupied France even a few months later in 1944 wasn't an option.
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Robert C. O'Brien
American Public Servant
Taiwan needs to start looking at some asymmetric and anti-access area denial strategies and really fortify itself in a manner that would deter the Chinese from any sort of amphibious invasion or even a gray zone operation against them.
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Octavio Paz
Mexican Poet
Sensation is amphibious: at the same time it joins us to and divides us from things. It is the door through which we enter into things but also through which we come out of them and realize that we are not things.
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Yogi Berra
American Baseball Player
He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.
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David Longstreth
American Musician
It's helpful to just hear things through friends' ears, people who know you well. I guess when I started Dirty Projectors, when I was, like, 20, I always imagined it would be kind of like an amphibious vehicle: something that could go with me wherever I need to go. That kind of constant change has been in the DNA from the beginning.
Quote examples
Alvaro Enrigue
American Author
Flaubert's Parrot' is an amphibious book in which what appears to be a personal essay about Flaubertian writing is gradually, delicately transformed into an extremely sad novel in which the differences between character, author, and narrator are less clear than they appear at first glance.
Quote examples
Peyton Manning
American Athlete
My high-school coach Tony Reginelli was kind of famous for 'Reggie-isms,' kind of like 'Yogi-isms.' He always said if you want to be a good quarterback, when sprinting left you want to be amphibious and throw left-handed. I told him, 'You mean ambidextrous, coach?
Quote examples
Douglas Brinkley
American Author
If D-Day - the greatest amphibious operation ever undertaken - failed, there would be no going back to the drawing board for the Allies. Regrouping and attempting another massive invasion of German-occupied France even a few months later in 1944 wasn't an option.
Quote examples
Robert C. O'Brien
American Public Servant
Taiwan needs to start looking at some asymmetric and anti-access area denial strategies and really fortify itself in a manner that would deter the Chinese from any sort of amphibious invasion or even a gray zone operation against them.
Quote examples
Octavio Paz
Mexican Poet
Sensation is amphibious: at the same time it joins us to and divides us from things. It is the door through which we enter into things but also through which we come out of them and realize that we are not things.
Quote examples
Yogi Berra
American Baseball Player
He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.
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