Amphibian Meaning
/æmˈfɪbɪən/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf or relating to the class Amphibia.
adjCapable of operating on both land and water; amphibious.
Sentence Examples
The life cycle of an amphibian consists of three stages: egg, larva and adult.
A scaly is like a furry whose "fursona" is a reptile or amphibian.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The biologist studied the life cycle of the ____ as it transitioned from water to land.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A frog is a well-known ____ that can live both on land and in water.
Word Origin & History
Learned borrowing from Latin amphibius [from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios), from ἀμφίς (amphís, “of both kinds”) + βίος (bíos, “life”)] + -an.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The prime exemplar of such a cast of mind must be Johann Ladislas Pyrker, a definite amphibian and ‘Austro-Hungarian’ in his literary and in his public life. The son of another estate bailiff in Transdanubia, Pyrker became successively a Hungarian official, an Austrian monk and at length a fairly worldly abbot at Lilienfeld, then a bishop in Hungary, patriarch of Venice, and archbishop in Hungary again."
— 1994, R. J. W. Evans, “Austrian Identity in Hungarian Perspective: The Nineteenth Century”, in Ritchie Robertson, Edward Timms, editors, The Habsburg Legacy: National Identity in Historical Perspective (Austrian Studies; 5), Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 29:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The biologist studied the life cycle of the ____ as it transitioned from water to land.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A frog is a well-known ____ that can live both on land and in water.