triphibian
Americanadjective
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skilled in combat equally on land, sea, and in the air.
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(of an aircraft) equipped to take off from land, water, snow, or ice.
noun
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a person who is triphibian.
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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 Poul William Anderson
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