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In a manner able to live both on land and in water. Also: In a manner relating to or organized for a military landing by means of combined naval and land forces

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Usage examples (6)
  • Adjective : amphibious vehicles. ,amphibious troops
  • By the time they get their 'act' together, the kataks will've amphibiously landed on PR's shores.
  • Asiatic fort was to dive for the LAND tortoises, which we flung in on purpose, as they amphibiously crawled along the bottom.
  • They are people considerably advanced in rural arts, living amphibiously on a rough coast, and drawing half their food from the sea, and half from the land.
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