semiterrestrial

adjective semi·ter·res·tri·al \ ˌse-mē-tə-ˈre-strē-əl , ˌse-ˌmī- , -mi- , -ˈres-chəl , -ˈresh- \

Definition of semiterrestrial

1 : growing on boggy ground

2 : frequenting but not living wholly on land

First Known Use of semiterrestrial

1919

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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