Semiaquatic

Word SEMIAQUATIC
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Definitions and meanings of "Semiaquatic"

What do we mean by semiaquatic?

Living or able to live both on land and in the water. adjective

Growing in saturated soil. adjective

In zoöl and botany, living close to water, and sometimes entering it, but not necessarily existing by it: as, the semiaquatic spiders, which run over the surface of water, or dive and conceal themselves beneath it; semiaquatic plants, which grow between tides, or in pools that periodically become dry, etc.

Alternative spelling of semi-aquatic. adjective

Partially aquatic; living or growing partly on land and partly in water adjective

Having an aquatic early or larval form and a terrestrial adult form adjective

(of animals) Spending part of the life cycle underwater. Also, spending a significant proportion of its time in both terrestrial and aquatic environments.

(of plants) Having the roots partially or entirely underwater.

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The word "semiaquatic" in example sentences

Proserpinaca is a semiaquatic plant, also called ‘mermaid weed.’ ❋ ERIN HART (2010)

Guesses range from turtle without the shell to semiaquatic rodent. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Restudy of this murid showed that it was distinct from both Holochilus (the semiaquatic web-footed rats) and Hesperomys (nowadays synonymous with Calomys, the vesper mice) and thus deserving of its own genus, so today this species is called Lundomys molitor. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Fish are poikilothermic aquatic animals; rice plants are thermophilic and semiaquatic. ❋ Unknown (1995)

The coypu is adapted to a semiaquatic existence and has webbed feet, valvular nostrils that can be closed to keep water out, and underfur that remains dry even under water. ❋ Unknown (1991)

The specialization of the marsh-deer, by the way, is further shown in its hoofs, which, thanks to its semiaquatic mode of life, have grown long, like those of such African swamp antelopes as the lechwe and situtunga. ❋ Unknown (1914)

A rhinoceros, semiaquatic in habits, with curved tusks, resembling in aspect the hippopotamus, lived along the water courses of the plains east of the Rockies, and its bones are now found by the thousands in the Miocene of Kansas. ❋ William Harmon Norton (1900)

Oil the farther shore of the lagoon, and facing for its entire length on the water, with an ornamental boat landing leading up to the grand entrance, through beautiful flower terraces for out-door exhibits, and past tanks for tile growth of semiaquatic plants, stands the building erected for the display of the world's flora. ❋ Unknown (1893)

The fallen trees not completely covered by water are soon overgrown with mosses; aquatic and semiaquatic plants propagate themselves, and spread until they more or less completely fill up the space occupied by the water, and the surface is gradually converted from a pond to a quaking morass. ❋ Unknown (1874)

The quirky platypus and its cousin the echidnas spiny anteaters are semiaquatic and evolved the ability separately from the dolphins. ❋ Unknown (2011)

A paddy field is a flooded parcel of arable land used for growing rice and other semiaquatic crops. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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