aquatic
/ə'kwætik/
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Definition
Adjective:
- Living, growing, or operating in water: Describes organisms that live in water, plants that grow in water, or things designed to function in water.
- Relating to or consisting of water: Pertaining to an environment, activity, or substance that involves or is found in water.
Noun:
- A plant that lives in or on water: A type of plant whose life cycle occurs primarily in an aquatic environment.
Examples of Usage
Adjective:
- Boats are aquatic vehicles. (This describes vehicles designed to operate in water.)
- Water lilies are aquatic plants. (This describes plants that grow in water.)
- Fish are aquatic animals. (This describes animals that live in water.)
- Swimming and rowing are aquatic sports. (This describes sports that take place in water.)
Noun:
- The pond was filled with various aquatics. (This refers to water plants in general.)
Advanced Usage
- "Aquatic ecosystem": A community of living organisms and their physical environment interacting in a body of water.
- Coral reefs form a complex aquatic ecosystem.
- "Aquatic life": All organisms that live in water.
- Pollution threatens the local aquatic life.
Variants and Related Words
- Aquatically (adverb): In a manner relating to water.
- The plant grows aquatically.
- Semiaquatic (adjective): Living or growing partly on land and partly in water.
- Frogs are semiaquatic animals.
Synonyms
- Adjective: Water-dwelling, marine (specifically for saltwater), freshwater (specifically for non-saltwater), hydro.
- Noun: Water plant, hydrophyte.
Related Phrases
- Aquatic center: A facility built for water-based sports and activities.
- The new aquatic center has an Olympic-sized pool.
- Aquatic habitat: The specific water environment where an organism lives.
- The conservation project aims to protect the aquatic habitat of the manatee.
Adjective
- operating or living or growing in water
- boats are aquatic vehicles
- water lilies are aquatic plants
- fish are aquatic animals
- relating to or consisting of or being in water
- an aquatic environment
Noun
- a plant that lives in or on water