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Definitions: Amphibian |
AmphibianAdjective1. Relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia. Noun1. A flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water. 2. An airplane designed to take off and land on water. 3. Cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "amphibian" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1870. (references) |
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Transportation | Aircraft capable of alighting on land or water. Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | An aircraft capable of taking off from and alighting on either land or water. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The first known self-propelled amphibious vehicle was demonstrated by United States inventor Oliver Evans in 1804.
Many modern tanks and armored personnel carriers have an amphibious mode in which a fabric skirt adds buoyancy, and the tracks provide motive power.
The most famous such vehicle in World War II was the DUKW Amphibious Truck. It was deployed in the Pacific theatre to establish and supply beachheads. It was designed as a wartime project by Sparkman and Stephens, the famous yacht design firm.
Second best known is the German Schwimmwagen designed by the Porsche engineering firm in 1938 and widely used throughout the war. The amphibious bodywork was designed by Erwin Komenda, the firm's body construction designer, using the engine and drivetrain of the Kübelwagen.
See also amphibious assault ship
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Amphibian vehicle."
Synonyms: AmphibianSynonyms: amphibious (adj), amphibious aircraft (n), amphibious vehicle (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Animal | Mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, crustacean, shellfish, mollusk, worm, insect, arthropod, microbe. |
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Crosswords: Amphibian |
| English words defined with "amphibian": alpine salamander, Amphibial, amphibian family, amphibian genus, Amphibium ♦ Desmograthus ♦ genus Desmograthus, genus Hynerpeton, genus Ichthyostega ♦ Hynerpeton, Hynerpeton bassetti ♦ Ichyostega ♦ labyrinthodont ♦ Mud eel ♦ Pylangium ♦ ranid ♦ Salamandra atra, Synangium ♦ true frog, true toad. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "amphibian": aircraft body, AMPHIBIAN CREWMEMBER, Amphibian Venoms, amphibians ♦ Caerulein ♦ fuselage assembly ♦ Kassinin ♦ TANK AND AMPHIBIAN TRACTOR OPERATIONS CHIEF. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | N65RF tailsection of Lake Amphibian aircraft.Credit: Flying With NOAA. |  | A shrew in an amphibian trap.Credit: Carol Kauder. |
 | Amphibian Research.Credit: Mel Ingeroi. |  | Wendy checking trap of amphibian study in clearcut.Credit: Carol Kauder. |
 | U.S. Marine Corps LVT(1) amphibian tractors move toward the beach on Guadalcanal Island. This view was probably taken during the 7-9 August 1942 initial landings on Guadalcanal. Ship in the background is USS President Hayes (AP-39).Credit: NAVY. |  | Photographed in 1941, sometime prior to her 24 May 1941 engagement with the German battleship Bismarck. She is lowering a Supermarine "Walrus" amphibian aircraft over the side.Credit: NAVY. |
 | Amphibian plane and long boat on shore, with apparently Marine oarsmen in Miskito longboat, in Nicaragua.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Sea jeeps. A "squad" of nine Ford-built amphibian cars in formation "swimming" in the Rouge River near the company's plant.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Amphibian" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 51.52% of the time. "Amphibian" is used about 33 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 51.52% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 48.48% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Total | 100.00% | 33 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "amphibian": amphibian family ♦ amphibian genus ♦ amphibian tank ♦ Amphibian Venoms. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
amphibian | 1,738 | salomon tech amphibian shoes | 6 |
reptile amphibian | 77 | amphibian decline | 6 |
amphibian picture | 45 | amphibian vostok | 5 |
amphibian aircraft | 24 | amphibian endangered | 5 |
amphibian salomon | 19 | amphibian fish reptile | 5 |
amphibian car | 17 | amphibian habitat | 5 |
amphibian lake | 16 | amphibian digestive system | 5 |
amphibian class | 16 | amphibian evolution | 5 |
salomon tech amphibian | 15 | amphibian reproduction | 5 |
amphibian frog | 15 | amphibian forest rain | 5 |
amphibian for sale | 14 | amphibian shakira | 5 |
amphibian characteristic | 13 | amphibian animal | 4 |
amphibian information | 11 | amphibian fish | 4 |
amphibian vehicle | 8 | amphibian tech | 4 |
pet amphibian | 7 | amphibian circulatory system | 4 |
amphibian fact | 7 | amphibian classification | 4 |
amphibian dealer | 7 | amphibian info | 4 |
amphibian airplane | 7 | amphibian rorippa | 4 |
amphibian anatomy | 7 | amphibian seawind | 4 |
amphibian photo | 6 | amphibian supply | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "amphibian"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | amfibie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | amfib (amphibia, amphibious), mjet amfib. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حيوان برمائي, الطائرة البرمائية, البرمائي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | самолет-амфибия, хидроплан (glider, hydroaeroplane, hydroplane, seaplane, water plane), земноводно животно, земноводен (amphibious, terraqueous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 两 动物. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | obojživelník, obojživelné vozidlo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | amfibieflyvemaskine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | amfibievliegtuig, amfibie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | amfibio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ذوحیات , دوزیستان . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | amphibie (amphibia, amphibious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Lurch, Amphibie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αμφίβιο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מכו ית עבירת ים ויבש", אמפיבי", "וחי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kétéltű repülőgép, kétéltű jármű (amphibious vehicle), kétéltű állat, kétéltű (amphibious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | amfibi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | amfaibiach. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | anfibio (amphibious), aeroplano anfibio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 両"類 (Amphibia), 両" , 両棲類 (Amphibia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | りょうせいるい (Amphibia), りょうせい (amphibious, benign, boarder, boarding student, both sexes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 수륙양용비행기. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | daa-veaghagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | amphibianay avião anfíbio (amphibious aircraft), animal anfíbio, anfíbio (amphibious). (various references) avion amfibiu, automobil amfibiu, amfibiu (amphibious), amfibian. (various references) амфибия (amphibious vehicle). (various references) amfibijski (amphibious), vodozemac. (various references) anfibio (amphibia, amphibious). (various references) amfibie. (various references) amfibi hayvan, amfibi araç (amphibious vehicle), amfibi (amphibious), yüzergezer (amphibious), suda ve karada yaşayabilen, karada ve suda çalışabilen. (various references) істота двоїстої природи, земноводна тварина, земноводний (amphibious), амфібія. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "amphibian": amphibians. (additional references) | |
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"Amphibian" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amphib, amphibean, Amphilimna, Anfibio, anphibian, hampikian, manphibian, Pamphilia, pamphylian. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "amphibian" (pronounced amfi"bēun) |
| 4 | -b ē u n | lesbian, symbion. |
| 3 | -ē u n | accordion, agrarian, alien, arcadian, authoritarian, barbarian, bohemian, Campion, carrion, centenarian, centurion, chameleon, champion, circadian, Clarion, collodion, comedian, contrarian, criterion, custodian, Cyprian, disciplinarian, draconian, egalitarian, equestrian, galleon, gorgonian, Guardian, halcyon, herculean, historian, humanitarian, hyperborean, libertarian, librarian, majoritarian, mammalian, median, mediterranean, meridian, Napoleon, nickelodeon, nonsectarian, oblivion, obsidian, octogenarian, Odeon, ovarian, pagurian, parliamentarian, pedestrian, planarian, plutonian, praetorian, presbyterian, proletarian, salutatorian, scorpion, sectarian, seminarian, septuagenarian, simian, subterranean, theologian, thespian, totalitarian, unitarian, utilitarian, utopian, valedictorian, valerian, vegetarian, veterinarian. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-h-i-i-m-n-p" | |
-1 letter: amphibia. | |
-4 letters: abamp, amain, amnia, anima, animi, apian, bimah, iambi, mania, nimbi. | |
-5 letters: amah, amia, amin, bani, bima, iamb, impi, inia, main, mana, mina, mini, nipa, pain, pian, pima, pina. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-h-i-i-m-n-p" | |
+1 letter: amphibians. | |
+3 letters: amphisbaenic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6D 70 68 69 62 69 61 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -- .--. .... .. -... .. .- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101101 01110000 01101000 01101001 01100010 01101001 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A m p h i b i a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006D 0070 0068 0069 0062 0069 0061 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)357982747568756780 |
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