amphibious operation

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   a military operation by both land and sea forces

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   military

Questions about amphibious operation

What does amphibious operation mean?

amphibious operation means "a military operation by both land and sea forces".

Is amphibious operation a common word?

amphibious operation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.