English-Thai Dictionary

amphibian

N ยานพาหนะ ที่ เดินทาง ได้ ทั้ง ใน น้ำ และ บน บก  yan-pa-ha-na-ti-doen-thang-dai-thang-nai-nam-lae-bon-bok

 

amphibian

N สัตว์ ครึ่ง บก ครึ่ง น้ำ  sat-khrueng-bok-khrueng-nam

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AMPHIBIAN

AMPHIBIAN Am *phib "i *an (-an ), a. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles.

 

AMPHIBIAN

AMPHIBIAN Am *phib "i *an, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: One of the Amphibia.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

amphibian

am phib i an |amˈfibēən æmˈfɪbiən | ▶noun Zoology a cold-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that comprises the frogs, toads, newts, and salamanders. They are distinguished by having an aquatic gill-breathing larval stage followed (typically ) by a terrestrial lung-breathing adult stage. [Class Amphibia: orders Urodela (newts and salamanders ), Anura (frogs and toads ), and Gymnophiona (caecilians ).] • a seaplane, tank, or other vehicle that can operate on land and on water. ▶adjective Zoology of or relating to this class of animals: reptile and amphibian biology. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘having two modes of existence or of doubtful nature ’): from modern Latin amphibium ‘an amphibian, ’ from Greek amphibion (noun use of amphibios ‘living both in water and on land, ’ from amphi ‘both ’ + bios ‘life ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

amphibian

am ¦phib |ian |amˈfɪbɪən | ▶noun a cold-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that comprises the frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, and caecilians. They are distinguished by having an aquatic gill-breathing larval stage followed (typically ) by a terrestrial lung-breathing adult stage. ●Class Amphibia: orders Urodela (newts and salamanders ), Anura (frogs and toads ), and Gymnophiona (caecilians ). • a seaplane, tank, or other vehicle that can operate on land and on water. ▶adjective relating to amphibians. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘having two modes of existence or of doubtful nature ’): from modern Latin amphibium ‘an amphibian ’, from Greek amphibion (noun use of amphibios ‘living both in water and on land ’, from amphi ‘both ’ + bios ‘life ’).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

amphibian

amphibian noun WORD LINKS amphibian batrachophobia fear of amphibians Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

amphibian

am phib i an /æmfɪ́biən /名詞 C 1 〘動 〙〖通例 ～s 〗両生動物 ; (一般に )水陸両生の生物 .2 水陸両用車 [飛行機 ].形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 〘動 〙両生類の, 水陸両生の .2 水陸両用の 〈乗り物 〉.