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triphibian

American  
[trahy-fib-ee-uhn] / traɪˈfɪb i ən /

adjective

  1. skilled in combat equally on land, sea, and in the air.

  2. (of an aircraft) equipped to take off from land, water, snow, or ice.

  3. triphibious.

noun

  1. a person who is triphibian.

  2. a triphibian airplane.

Etymology

Origin of triphibian

First recorded in 1940–45; tri- + (am)phibian

Example Sentences

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Noise of air, he was flying, it must have been a triphibian they took him onto.

From The Sensitive Man by Anderson, Poul William

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