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   amphibian

   /amˈfɪbɪən/

   noun

   • 1. a cold-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that comprises the frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, and caecilians. They are distinguished by having an aquatic gill-breathing larval stage followed (typically) by a terrestrial lung-breathing adult stage.
   • ▪ a seaplane, tank, or other vehicle that can operate on land and on water.

   adjective

   • 1. relating to amphibians: "amphibian eggs"

   Word Origin mid 17th century (in the sense ‘having two modes of existence or of doubtful nature’): from modern Latin amphibium ‘an amphibian’, from Greek amphibion (noun use of amphibios ‘living both in water and on land’, from amphi ‘both’ + bios ‘life’).

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