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aquatic

(əkwætɪk)
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
An aquatic animal or plant lives or grows on or in water.
The pond is quite small but can support many aquatic plants and fish.
...aquatic birds.
2. adjective
Aquatic means relating to water.
...aquatic consultant Ben Tucker.
...our aquatic resources.
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aquatic in British English

(əˈkwætɪk, əˈkwɒt-)
adjective
1. 
growing, living, or found in water
2.  sport
performed in or on water
noun
3. 
a marine or freshwater animal or plant
Word origin
C15: from Latin aquāticus, from aqua water

aquatic in American English

(əˈkwætɪk; əˈkwɑtɪk)
adjective
1. 
growing or living in or upon water
aquatic plants
2. 
done in or upon the water
aquatic sports
noun
3. 
an aquatic plant or animal
4.  [pl., often with sing. v.]
aquatic sports or performances
Derived forms
aquatically (aˈquatically)
adverb
Word origin
L aquaticus < aqua, water

Examples of 'aquatic' in a sentence
aquatic

Other effects are damaged paint on automobiles and injured or killed vegetation and aquatic life.
McKenzie, James F. & Pinger, Robert R. An Introduction to Community Health (1995)
Watch aquatic creatures in their natural habitat.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They feed on aquatic plants or on grass.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
An aquatic plant nibbled by dinosaurs could be the oldest flowering plant yet found.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He says that he dreamt it was like a cross between a jet fighter and an aquatic animal.
The Sun (2008)
It said that up to 70 per cent of aquatic life was suffering from chronic toxicity.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
There's also a new aquatic centre with indoor and outdoor pools.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It's a good time to introduce new aquatic plants into the pond.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They spend much of their life walking about on the stream bed, looking for little aquatic creatures.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
No charge if you buy some loose flowers or a live aquatic creature, but yes if you buy some bananas.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Rather than feeding on aquatic plants, cod and salmon must be fed on other fish that are sourced from the wild.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In fact, despite its double life as an aquatic centre, the place appealed to me.
Peter McEvoy For Love or Money (2006)
Conversely, there is a widespread lack of concern within them, for fish and other aquatic life.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The aquatic centre will be converted for public use, with 2,500 spectator seats left in the complex.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They are tiny aquatic creatures; the flattened spiral of their shell is seldom more than 5mm in diameter.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
For ease, grow the plant in an aquatic container and cut back any invasive stems, as necessary.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I dimly recall that when they moved out, the original building took weeks to thaw out and they found some interesting aquatic life there.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Hundreds of thousands of anglers, over and above their concern for aquatic life as a whole, are expressing their own special interest.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The pesticide is highly toxic to aquatic life, although 12 million people depend on fish from the lake as their main source of protein.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Then they will plunge in and walk about on the bottom of the stream, completely submerged, looking for small aquatic creatures to eat.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Look to cover at least 40 per cent of a small pond's surface with aquatic plants thatwill help to reduce direct sunlight and limit algae.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)

In other languages
aquatic

British English: aquatic ADJECTIVE
An aquatic animal or plant lives or grows on or in water.
The pond is small but can support many aquatic plants and fish.
  • American English: aquatic
  • Brazilian Portuguese: aquático
  • Chinese: 水生的
  • European Spanish: acuático
  • French: aquatique
  • German: Wasser-
  • Italian: acquatico
  • Japanese: 水生の
  • Korean: 물 속에 사는
  • European Portuguese: aquático
  • Latin American Spanish: acuático

Chinese translation of 'aquatic'

aquatic

(əˈkwætɪk)

adj

  1. (= living in water) [plant, animal] 水生的 (shuǐshēng de)
  2. (= relating to water) [sports, studies] 水上的 (shuǐshàng de)
(adjective) 
Definition
growing or living in water
aquatic plants and fish
Synonyms
sea
water
ocean
marine
breeding grounds for marine life
maritime
the largest maritime museum of its kind
oceanic
saltwater
ocean-going
seagoing
pelagic
briny
Seenaval

Nearby words of
aquatic

  • apt
  • aptitude
  • aptness
  • aquatic
  • aqueduct
  • Arabic
  • arable

Synonyms of 'aquatic'

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