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amphibious

adj
/æmˈfɪbi.əs/US/amˈfɪbɪjəs/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios), from ἀμφί (amphí) + βίος (bíos, “life”).

  1. learned borrowing from ἀμφίβιος

Definitions

  1. Capable of functioning on land or in water.

    • an amphibious vehicle
    • Most Dutch cities began on a terp or artificial mound to which the prehistoric amphibious folk rushed for refuge when floods rolled in.

  2. Occurring on both land and water.

    • an amphibious attack

  3. Ambidextrous.

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Derived

amphibious assault ship, amphibious car, amphibiously, amphibiousness, amtrac, nonamphibious, omniphibious, semiamphibious, triphibious

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at amphibious. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at amphibious. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at amphibious

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA