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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 am·phi·bol·o·gy /ˌæm(p)fəˈbɑləʤi/
 模稜兩可的言辭,曖昧的辭句

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Am·phi·bol·o·gy n.; pl. Amphibologies   A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 amphibology
      n : an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are
          flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying
          planes or that something is flying planes [syn: amphiboly]