Aquatic

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Adjective, Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Aquatic has 1 sense

Adjective Aquatic has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

Aquatica. [L. aquaticus: cf. F. aquatique. See Aqua.].
     Pertaining to water; growing in water; living in, swimming in, or frequenting the margins of waters; as, aquatic plants and fowls.  [1913 Webster]
Aquaticn. 
  •  An aquatic animal or plant.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Sports or exercises practiced in or on the water.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Aquatic, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 growing or living in or near water.
2 (of a sport) played in or on water.
--n.
1 an aquatic plant or animal.
2 (in pl.) aquatic sports.

Etymology
ME f. F aquatique or L aquaticus f. aqua water

THESAURUS

Aquatic

aqueous, balneal, deep-sea, estuarine, grallatorial, hydrated, hydraulic, hydrous, liquid, littoral, natant, natatorial, natatory, plashy, seashore, shore, sloppy, splashy, swashy, swimming, tidal, water-dwelling, water-growing, water-living, water-loving, waterish, watery

ROGET THESAURUS

Aquatic

Water

N water, serum, serosity, lymph, rheum, diluent, agua, aqua, pani, dilution, maceration, lotion, washing, immersion, humectation, infiltration, spargefaction, affusion, irrigation, douche, balneation, bath, deluge, high water, flood tide, watery, aqueous, aquatic, hydrous, lymphatic, balneal, diluent, drenching, diluted, weak, wet, the waters are out.


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