amphibious
They landed an amphibian aeroplane on the water.
He designed the first American amphibian landing gear.

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Examples from literature

Among these eminently moral amphibians, it is the father, not the mother, who takes entire charge of the family. 
Frogs, like most other amphibians, reptiles and fishes, are attracted by any small moving object and usually attempt to seize it. 
In my rambles on the shore, I frequently routed a crowd of amphibians, sending them plunging into the newly released waters. 
There were as yet no vertebrates of any sort, not even fishes, far less amphibians, reptiles, birds, or mammals. 
These latter, the learned, with their delight in multiplying terms, have classed as amphibians. 

amphibian | American Dictionary

amphibian
noun[ C ]
us/æmˈfɪb·i·ən/
biology
a type of animal that lives both on land and in water:
Frogs and turtles are amphibians.

Examples of amphibian

amphibian
I begin with the so-called lower vertebrates - the classes that evolved earlier and seem generally less complex - fishes, amphibians and reptiles.
Thus, basal ganglia receive a major input from the dorsal thalamus, as in amphibians.
Studies of the voltage-dependent polyspermy block using cross-species fertilization of amphibians.
Caecilians are unique among the amphibians in several aspects of reproductive anatomy, physiology and behavior.
Measuring and monitoring biological diversity: standard methods for amphibians.
In former times they were important forspawningof various now rare and protected amphibians.
The region has high levels of endemism of many taxa, including reptiles and amphibians.
Invertebrates, plants, micromammals, fish and even amphibians are briefly discussed.
In fact, the scope of the volume reaches even wider, as it closes with a section on stem tetrapods and fossil amphibians.
Accordingly, there is a fast growing body of literature on the effects of oestrogen-like chemicals on gonad development in amphibians and fish from laboratory investigations.
The small dorsal pallium in amphibians is likely to be homologous to the dorsal cortex of reptiles and the hyperpallium of birds.
The present study showed that the availability of the major prey types (amphibians and fish) increased during the wet season.
How many times has terrestrial breeding evolved in anuran amphibians?
Investigations of the whole process of fertilisation in the newt may lead to an understanding of adaptation to the fertilisation mode in amphibians.
In amphibians, oocytes increase in volume during oogenesis.
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