aquatic

Examples

• All

• The next day he brought home books for me on aquatic life and tropical fish.

  Fiction book (1996)

• And I've just had a look at the back here and it says harmful to aquatic life with long lasting effects.

• So this feature of water protects life over the winter, aquatic life over the winter.

• Closely related desert and aquatic green algae provide the opportunity to test this idea.

  Academic text (2008)

• They occupy almost every aquatic bioregion on the planet.

• Now both crafts of the aquatic attackers frothed through the water to the stern.

  Fiction book (1992)

• One might have thought that, well, maybe whales are related to seals, or perhaps they're related to other aquatic mammals like otters.

• But the mangroves were also aquatic, and their roots spread an intricate maze.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The documentary focused on the unique adaptations of aquatic animals in the deep ocean.

• Lily pads and fish are common sights in this aquatic environment.

Synonyms

A

aquatile

vsaquatic

• Archaic

9.9

Relating to water or to things that live in water

is the modern commonly used term for the same water related meaning

Antonyms

T

terrestrial

17 5.2

Relating to land or to things that live on land rather than in water

Compounds

A

aquatic plant

1 3.4

A plant that grows in or near water, like a water lily

A

aquatic mammal

1 3.4

An animal that breathes air and lives in water, like a whale or seal

A

aquatic bird

1 3.5

A bird that lives near water and can swim, wade or dive

A

aquatic fern

6.0

A fern that grows in water or very wet places

A

aquatic vertebrate

5.5

An animal with a backbone that lives mostly in water

How Aquatic

marine

49 3.9

aquatic

31 4.4

amphibious

23 6.2

terrestrial

17 5.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology