aquatic

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"The cretaceous birds of America all appear to be aquatic, and comprise some eight or a dozen genera, and many species.

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  1. adjective Consisting of, relating to, or being in water: an aquatic environment.
  2. adjective Living or growing in, on, or near the water: aquatic animals and plants.
  3. adjective Taking place in or on the water: an aquatic sport.

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  • The cyclamen note is aquatic, but not annoyingly so, and as the scent dries down, it becomes less sweet, more tart and smells (mid-phase) like —  Now Smell This
  • Redefining "the life aquatic," the Surf Campaign mixes elements of surrealism, 1950s counterculture and a nuclear / grunge aesthetic. —  Cool Hunting
  • There is a brief hint of pepper in DKNY Men that smells salty-aquatic (pepper mixing with violet leaf-calone-ozone?). —  Now Smell This
  • Rhodophyta are primary producers, for they provide habitats to other aquatic organisms. —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
  • "At several sites in Canada, including the Muggah Creek in the vicinity of the tar ponds in Sydney harbour, Nova Scotia, and near a former oil gasification plant at Kettle Creek, Port Stanley, Ontario, populations of aquatic organisms have been adversely affected by contamination by PAHs." —  London Free Press - News
 

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  1. Middle English aquatique, from Old French, from Latin aquāticus, from aqua, water; see akw-ā- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin aquaticus, from aqua, water: see aqua.
 

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/əˈkwætɪk/
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