Amphibian



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 两栖动物;水陆两用飞行器

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: ultimately from Greek amphibion amphibious being, from neuter of amphibios
• Date: 1835
• 1. an amphibious organism; especially any of a class (Amphibia) of cold-blooded vertebrates (as frogs, toads, or salamanders) intermediate in many characters between fishes and reptiles and having gilled aquatic larvae and air-breathing adults
• 2. an amphibious vehicle; especially an airplane designed to take off from and land on either land or water
• • amphibian adjective

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