semiaquatic
adjective
semi·aquat·ic
ˌse-mē-ə-ˈkwä-tik 
-ˈkwa-,
ˌse-ˌmī-,
-mi-
: growing equally well in or adjacent to water
also
: frequenting but not living wholly in water
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In 2022, Fish and Wildlife received state funding to start a restoration program to prepare sites in California for the semiaquatic animals.
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Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
Crews and colleagues surveyed spiders and reported in 2019 that 21 taxonomic families include semiaquatic species, suggesting that the evolutionary event occurred multiple independent times.
—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2024
In Nature, the team used the density of bones to see if the Spinosaurus was semiaquatic.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
Currently the largest semiaquatic mammal in the Great Lakes is the North American river otter.
—Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
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Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
Crews and colleagues surveyed spiders and reported in 2019 that 21 taxonomic families include semiaquatic species, suggesting that the evolutionary event occurred multiple independent times.
—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2024
In Nature, the team used the density of bones to see if the Spinosaurus was semiaquatic.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
Currently the largest semiaquatic mammal in the Great Lakes is the North American river otter.
—Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
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semiaquatic
adjective
semi·aquat·ic
ˌsem-ē-ə-ˈkwät-ik
ˌsem-ˌī-,
-ˈkwat-
: growing well in or very near water
also
: living near and often entering water but not living in it
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