Aquatic
[ə'kwætɪk;-'kwɒt-] or [ə'kwætɪk]
Definition
(noun.) a plant that lives in or on water.
(adj.) operating or living or growing in water; 'boats are aquatic vehicles'; 'water lilies are aquatic plants'; 'fish are aquatic animals' .
(adj.) relating to or consisting of or being in water; 'an aquatic environment' .
Checker: Lucille--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Pertaining to water; growing in water; living in, swimming in, or frequenting the margins of waters; as, aquatic plants and fowls.
(n.) An aquatic animal or plant.
(n.) Sports or exercises practiced in or on the water.
Checked by Alissa
Definition
adj. relating to water: living or growing in water.—n.pl. Aquat′ics amusements on the water as boating &c.
Typist: Nathaniel
Examples
- George burst out laughing at the idea of this aquatic meeting. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Ten years afterwards, an aquatic propeller was patented by Mr. William Lyttleton, a merchant in London. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Of aquatic animals, there are many self-fertilising hermaphrodites; but here the currents of water offer an obvious means for an occasional cross. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Paul Boyton, the famous aquatic voyager in his rubber suit, has furnished us two practical suggestions in regard to patching rubber boots, coats, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- One, aquatic, a yard long, fifteen pounds in weight, with limbs and strong claws admirably adapted for crawling over the rugged and fissured masses of l ava, feeds on seaweed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The terrestrial species is confined to the centra l part of the group; it is smaller than the aquatic species, and feeds on cactus, leaves of trees, and berries. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- When frightened it instinctively shuns the water, as though it feared especially its aquatic enemies. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- On the other hand, grebes and coots are eminently aquatic, although their toes are only bordered by membrane. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
Typist: Wolfgang