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Amphibian vs Biplane - What's the difference?

amphibian | biplane |

As nouns the difference between amphibian and biplane

is that amphibian is an animal of the Amphibia; any four-legged vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, living both on land and in water while biplane is an airplane that has two pairs of wings, one above the other.

As an adjective amphibian

is having two natures.

amphibian

English

(wikipedia amphibian) {{picdic, image=Notophthalmus viridescensPCCA20040816-3983A.jpg , detail1= }} (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

    biplane

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia biplane) (en noun)
  • (aviation) An airplane that has two pairs of wings, one above the other

    • See also

    * monoplane * triplane

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