aquatic

¹aquat·ic

adjective \ə-ˈkwä-tik, -ˈkwa-\

Definition of AQUATIC

1

: growing or living in or frequenting water <aquatic mosquito larvae>

2

: taking place in or on water <aquatic sports>

— aquat·i·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Examples of AQUATIC

1. <a lifelong fascination with sharks and other fearsome aquatic creatures>

First Known Use of AQUATIC

1610

Related to AQUATIC

Synonyms

underwater, submarine, submerged, sunken

Related Words

oceanic; undersea; abysmal, abyssal, deep, deep-sea, deepwater

Other Ecology Terms

Malthusian, anthropogenic, biomass, carbon footprint, crepuscular, niche, sere, symbiosis, taiga, tundra

Rhymes with AQUATIC

biotic, chaotic, cirrhotic, demotic, despotic, ergotic, erotic, exotic, hypnotic, kyphotic, leprotic, lordotic, meiotic, mitotic, narcotic, necrotic, neurotic, Nilotic, osmotic, psychotic, quixotic, robotic, sclerotic, thrombotic, zygotic

²aquatic

noun

Definition of AQUATIC

1

: an aquatic animal or plant

2

plural but sing or plural in constr : water sports

First Known Use of AQUATIC

circa 1600

Other Ecology Terms

Malthusian, anthropogenic, biomass, carbon footprint, crepuscular, niche, sere, symbiosis, taiga, tundra

Rhymes with AQUATIC

agnatic, asthmatic, Carnatic, chromatic, climatic, comatic, dalmatic, dogmatic, dramatic, ecstatic, emphatic, erratic, eustatic, fanatic, hepatic, judgmatic, komatik, lymphatic, magmatic, neumatic, phlegmatic, plasmatic, pneumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, protatic, quadratic, rheumatic, schematic, schismatic, sciatic, Socratic, somatic, spermatic, stigmatic, sylvatic, thematic, traumatic, villatic

aquat·ic

adjective \ə-ˈkwät-ik, -ˈkwat-\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of AQUATIC

: growing or living in or frequenting water <aquatic mosquito larvae>