amphibiotic
/ˌæmfɪbaɪˈɑtɪk/
adjective
- Living in both water and land during different stages of life, especially referring to organisms that have an aquatic larval stage and a terrestrial adult stage.
- The amphibiotic life cycle of the dragonfly includes a nymph stage in ponds.
- Many insects are amphibiotic, spending their early development in water before emerging as flying adults.
- Frogs are amphibiotic, starting as tadpoles in water and later becoming adults on land.
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