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amphibious

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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.

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From this amphibious ill-born mob began That vain, ill-natured thing, an Englishman. Daniel Defoe

My high-school coach Tony Reginelli was kind of famous for 'Reggie-isms,' kind of like 'Yogi-isms.' He always said if you want to be a good quarterback, when sprinting left you want to be amphibious and throw left-handed. I told him, 'You mean ambidextrous, coach?' Peyton Manning

He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious. Yogi Berra

By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans who served on Iwo Island, uncommon valor was a common virtue. Chester W. Nimitz

The true characteristic of all British strategy lies in the use of amphibious power. Winston Churchill

Like other amphibious animals, we must come occasionally on shore: but the water is more properly our element, and in it, like them, as we find our greatest security, so we exert our greatest force. Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

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