amphibian

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But they say decades of data show only that some correlation exists between rising air temperatures and Latin American amphibian extinctions-and that data are well short of proving causation.

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  1. noun A cold-blooded, smooth-skinned vertebrate of the class Amphibia, such as a frog or salamander, that characteristically hatches as an aquatic larva with gills. The larva then transforms into an adult having air-breathing lungs.
  2. noun An animal capable of living both on land and in water.
  3. noun An aircraft that can take off and land on either land or water.
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  • Every ship was an amphibian--capable of descending on land or water The warehouse floor sloped downward--to a wide apron of cement that dropped off into the Hudson River, adjacent. —  089 - The Flying Goblin
  • By July he was brown as a pecan shell and living like an amphibian -- half in, half out of the water every day. —  F ;SF; - vol 104 issue 01 - January 2003
  • Doc mounted to reconnoiter He saw Kar's plane THE craft was an amphibian--could land on ground or water. —  002 - The Land of Terror
  • Apparently his amphibian was killed along with Aboshan. —  SCOTT McGOUGH
  • The craft was an amphibian--the landing wheels cranking up into wells on the hull when it was desired to make a landing in water. —  005 - The Pirate of the Pacific
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  1. From New Latin Amphibia, class name, from Greek, neuter pl. of amphibios, amphibious : amphi-, amphi- + bios, life; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. As amphibious + -an.
 

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