As nouns the difference between aircraft and amphibian
is that aircraft is a vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift while amphibian is an animal of the amphibia; any four-legged vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, living both on land and in water.
As an adjective amphibian is
(obsolete) having two natures or amphibian can be of or relating to the amphibians amphibia.
aircraft
Noun
(aircraft)
A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift.
Usage notes
* The nonstandard plural form is in use among non-native speakers of English.
Hyponyms
* See also
Derived terms
* aircraft carrier
* model aircraft
* rocket aircraft
Related terms
* spacecraft
* watercraft
amphibian
English
(
wikipedia amphibian)
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(
amphibious aircraft)
Adjective
(
en adjective)
(obsolete) Having two natures.
Pertaining to the Amphibia.
Noun
(
en noun)
An animal of the Amphibia; any four-legged vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, living both on land and in water.
A vehicle which can operate on land and water. See Wikipedia article on "Amphibious aircraft"
Hypernyms
* Animalia
* Chordata
* Tetrapoda
Hyponyms
* Batrachia
* batrachian
* batrachofauna
* Labyrinthodontia (extinct )
* Lepospondyli (extinct )
* Lissamphibia
*: Anura
*: Caudata
*: Gymnophiona
* Salientia
Related terms
* Amphibia
* amphibiology
* amphibiotic
* amphibious
* amphibius
See also
*
* amphibole
* amphibology
* amphiboly
* batrachology
* herpetology (amphibiology, reptiliology)
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Of or relating to the amphibians Amphibia.
Capable of operating on both land and water amphibious.
Derived terms
* amphibian helicopter
* amphibian species
* amphibian tank
