AQUATIC | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of aquatic in English aquaticadjective uk /əˈkwæt.ɪk/ us /əˈkwɑː.t̬ɪk/ Add to word list Add to word list living or growing in, happening in, or connected with water: aquatic plants aquatic sports Water in general

• aquatically
• bathwater
• bathymetric
• bathymetrically
• bathymetry
• brackish
• briny
• dishwater
• distilled water
• grey water
• hydrosphere
• hypersaline
• hypersalinity
• non-aquatic
• non-aqueous
• non-turbulent
• pool
• salt water
• soft water
• wet

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aquatically (Definition of aquatic from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

aquatic | American Dictionary

aquaticadjective [ not gradable ] us /əˈkwæt̬·ɪk/ Add to word list Add to word list living in, happening in, or connected with water: Waterskiing is my favorite aquatic sport. (Definition of aquatic from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of aquatic

aquatic Aquatic organic matter is subject to a hard-water error and is therefore not usable. From the Cambridge English Corpus Triculines form a wholly aquatic group exhibiting today an amazing adaptive radiation of three tribes, over 20 genera and more than 120 species. From the Cambridge English Corpus Species that depend on large, and/or permanent, aquatic sites for reproduction simply go extinct as is reflected in species composition and turnover patterns. From the Cambridge English Corpus It is argued that these features probably reflect common adaptations to the constraints imposed by the aquatic environment. From the Cambridge English Corpus Scope for use of stable carbon isotopes in discerning the incorporation of forest detritus into aquatic foodwebs. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, there is much work to do in both integration of the theories and applicability of the real aquatic mechanisms. From the Cambridge English Corpus In sites where visibility was too poor for observation of tadpoles, such as areas with submerged aquatic vegetation, microhabitats were sampled with a small dipnet. From the Cambridge English Corpus It is found that on an average annually about 6 per cent of the total aquatic biomass is utilized by the villagers as fodder. From the Cambridge English Corpus Microbial communities in aquatic environments colonize surfaces by forming adherent biofilms. From the Cambridge English Corpus The phenological observations are related to the aquatic phase (grey area) and the dry season (horizontal dotted bars). From the Cambridge English Corpus One possible method of assessing the effects of pollutants on aquatic organisms is to examine susceptible organ systems for morphological changes. From the Cambridge English Corpus Examples are presented where parasites can be used as bioindicators of pollution especially in aquatic environments. From the Cambridge English Corpus These limited data suggest that protozoa may be an important food resource for the numerous aquatic metazoa that inhabit the tanks of bromeliads. From the Cambridge English Corpus We may again use the case of dividing animals into aquatic, terrestrial and aerial. From the Cambridge English Corpus Most fruits mature during the aquatic phase or towards the end of submersion phase with extension into the terrestrial phase. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of aquatic?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 水棲的, 水生的, 水上的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 水栖的, 水生的, 水上的… See more in Spanish acuático… See more in Portuguese aquático… See more in Turkish in French in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian suda yaşayan, büyüyen, su ile ilgili… See more aquatique… See more water-… See more vodní… See more vand-, hav-… See more dalam air… See more ที่ใช้ชีวิตอยู่ในน้ำ… See more dưới nước… See more wodny… See more som växer (lever) i (nära) vatten… See more akuatik… See more Wasser…… See more vann-… See more водяний, водний… See more Need a translator?

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