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

One of the Amphibia.

Pertaining to amphibiology.

A treatise on amphibious animals; the department of natural history which treats of the Amphibia.

A division of insects having aquatic larvae.

Having the ability to live both on land and in water, as frogs, crocodiles, beavers, and some plants.

Pertaining to, adapted for, or connected with, both land and water.

Of a mixed nature; partaking of two natures.

Like an amphibious being.

of Amphibium

of Amphibium

An amphibian.

Segmenting unequally; -- said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.

A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last name being also used as a general term for the whole species). Amphibole is a constituent of many crystalline rocks, as syenite, diorite, most varieties of trachyte, etc. See Hornblende.

Of or pertaining to amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal.

Of or resembling the mineral amphibole.

Of doubtful meaning; ambiguous.

of Amphibology

A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term.

Ambiguous; doubtful.

Capable of two meanings.

of Amphiboly

Ambiguous discourse; amphibology.

A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet#ic.

Alt. of Amphicarpous

Producing fruit of two kinds, either as to form or time of ripening.

Exhibiting or producing two colors, as substances which in the color test may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red.

Alt. of Amphicoelous

Having both ends concave; biconcave; -- said of vertebrae.

A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination.