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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024a•quat•ic /əˈkwætɪk, əˈkwɑt-/USA pronunciation adj. - Ecologyliving or growing in water: aquatic plant life.
- taking place or practiced on or in water:[before a noun]Swimming is an aquatic sport.
n. [countable] - Plant Biology, Ecologyan aquatic plant or animal.
- Sportaquatics, [plural] sports practiced on or in water.
a•quat•i•cal•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024a•quat•ic (ə kwat′ik, ə kwot′-),USA pronunciation adj. - of, in, or pertaining to water.
- Ecologyliving or growing in water:aquatic plant life.
- taking place or practiced on or in water:aquatic sports.
n. - Plant Biology, Ecologyan aquatic plant or animal.
- Sport aquatics, sports practiced on or in water.
- Latin, as above
- Middle French
- Latin aquāticus, equivalent. to aqu(a) water + -āticus (see -ate1, -ic); replacing late Middle English aquatyque
- 1480–90
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: aquatic /əˈkwætɪk əˈkwɒt-/ adj - growing, living, or found in water
- performed in or on water
n - a marine or freshwater animal or plant
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin aquāticus, from aqua water |