What does aquatic mean?

Definitions for aquatic
əˈkwæt ɪk, əˈkwɒt-aquat·ic

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. aquaticadjective

    a plant that lives in or on water

  2. aquaticadjective

    relating to or consisting of or being in water

    "an aquatic environment"

  3. aquaticadjective

    operating or living or growing in water

    "boats are aquatic vehicles"; "water lilies are aquatic plants"; "fish are aquatic animals"

Wiktionary

  1. aquaticadjective

    Relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water.

  2. Etymology: From aquatique, from aquaticus, from aqua

Wikipedia

  1. Aquatic

    Aquatic means relating to water; living in or near water or taking place in water; does not include groundwater, as "aquatic" implies an environment where plants and animals live.

ChatGPT

  1. aquatic

    Aquatic refers to anything related to, living in, or occurring in water. It encompasses both freshwater and marine environments, including animals, plants, activities, ecosystems, or environments that exist or take place in water bodies.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Aquaticadjective

    pertaining to water; growing in water; living in, swimming in, or frequenting the margins of waters; as, aquatic plants and fowls

  2. Aquaticnoun

    an aquatic animal or plant

  3. Aquaticnoun

    sports or exercises practiced in or on the water

  4. Etymology: [L. aquaticus: cf. F. aquatique. See Aqua.]

Wikidata

  1. Aquatic

    Aquatic is the third album by Australian improvised music trio The Necks released on the Fish of Milk label in 1994 and reissued on the Carpet Bomb label in the US in 1999. The album features two tracks, both titled "Aquatic", performed by Chris Abrahams, Lloyd Swanton and Tony Buck with the addition of Steve Wishart playing hurdy gurdy on the second. The Wire review described the album as "Real splendour...a hugely mature album, a rare spark of brilliance...a marvel".

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Aquatic

    a-kwat′ik, adj. relating to water: living or growing in water.—n.pl. Aquat′ics, amusements on the water, as boating, &c.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. aquatic

    Inhabiting or relating to the water.

Editors Contribution

  1. aquatic

    Of or relating to water.

    The aquatic centre is accessible to everyone.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 28, 2020  

Entomology

  1. Aquatic

    living wholly in water.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of aquatic in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of aquatic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of aquatic in a Sentence

  1. Douglas Noel Adams:

    If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.

  2. Allyson Jackson:

    Even though fish-eating terrestrial consumers are often exposed to high levels of mercury, they are usually not species eaten by humans – think of an osprey, kingfisher or bald eagle, the same is true for terrestrial consumers that rely on emergent aquatic insects – they are often not species consumed by humans such as spiders, songbirds and bats.

  3. Allison LaPlante:

    Invasive species ruin aquatic communities and their ecosystems, the EPA appeared to the take the path of least resistance by adopting an existing international standard that is inadequate to prevent their colonization.

  4. Kate Wilson:

    That's the crazy thing about domestic aquatic pets, you have them in your aquarium and they are this cute little thing and then you release it into the wild and that constraint of size and food is gone and because of that some of these species can get really big.

  5. Sandy Sinn:

    Her love is fire in an aquatic world. By Sandy Sinn

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