Crossword clues for amphibious
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Amphibious \Am*phib"i*ous\, a. [Gr. 'amfi`bios living a double life, i. e., both on land in water; 'amfi` + bi`os life.]
Having the ability to live both on land and in water, as frogs, crocodiles, beavers, and some plants.
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Pertaining to, adapted for, or connected with, both land and water.
The amphibious character of the Greeks was already determined: they were to be lords of land and sea.
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Of a mixed nature; partaking of two natures.
Not in free and common socage, but in this amphibious subordinate class of villein socage.
--Blackstone.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, from Greek amphibios "having a double life" (see amphibian). Of motor vehicles, from 1915.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Capable of functioning on land or in water. 2 Occurring on both land and water.
WordNet
adj. relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia [syn: amphibian]
operating or living on land and in water; "amphibious vehicles"; "amphibious operations"; "amphibious troops"; "frogs are amphibious animals" [ant: aquatic, terrestrial]
Wikipedia
Amphibious means able to use either land or water. In particular it may refer to:
- Amphibious (film), a 2010 film
- Amphibious aircraft, an aircraft capable of landing on either water or land
- Amphibious vehicle, a vehicle capable of being driven on both land and water
- Amphibious warfare, warfare carried out on both land and water
Amphibious is a 2010 creature thriller film which is directed by Brian Yuzna and written by Yuzna, John Penney, Somtow Sucharitkul and San Fu Maltha. It stars Francis Magee, Janna Fassaert and Michael Paré.
Usage examples of "amphibious".
Another Way In A Special Amphibious Squadron Flying Comrades Smoke continued to pour into the bridge station.
The pilots of the elite amphibious squadron had all been handpicked by Captain Francesca Cook.
The clinging uniforms left no doubt as to the sex of the amphibious pilots.
Immediately behind them, the amphibious squadron took to the air, a rapid succession of plane after plane leaping like fish off a dock.
Behind them, the full squadron of amphibious planes dove into the water, vanishing beneath the surface, leaving only a scar of churned foam to mark where they had entered the sea.
Close around her on all sides, the amphibious squadron launched their wing-mounted torpedoes.
Without this no amphibious operations on the enormous scale required to liberate Europe would have been possible.
These forces had to be collected, trained, equipped, and eventually embarked, with all the vast impedimenta of amphibious warfare, at widely dispersed bases in the Mediterranean, in Great Britain, and in the United States.
It became the foundation of all our future amphibious operations and was often their limiting factor.
This was the greatest amphibious operation so far attempted in history.
If Sardinia were chosen, he could probably be ready by October, but he did not expect to be able to invade the mainland of Italy before November, and by then the weather might be too bad for amphibious landings.
Along the north coast the United States 45h Division, followed by their 3d Division, reached Cape Orlando on August 10, with the aid of two small but skilful outflanking amphibious operations.
Should Italy feel unable to endure the continued attacks which will be made upon her from the air, and presently, I trust, by amphibious operations, the Italian people will have to choose between, on the one hand, setting up a Government under someone like Grandi to sue for a separate peace, or, on the other, submitting to a German occupation, which would merely aggravate the severity of the war.
Study on an ever-expanding scale had gone forward since the struggles on the coasts of Norway and France in 1940, and we had learned much about amphibious war.
Mountbatten has unique qualifications, in that he is intimately acquainted with all three branches of the Services, and also with amphibious operations.