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# aquatic

adjective (aquatic, more aquatic); noun (an aquatic, aquatics — rare)

«aquatic» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Aquatic means living or growing in water, as in «aquatic plants». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aquatic/#m1)
2. Aquatic also means happening in or on water, as in «aquatic sports» like swimming and diving. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aquatic/#m2)
3. (rare) An aquatic is a plant or animal that lives in water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aquatic/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on habitats, adaptations and food chains (aquatic animals, aquatic habitats); in PE and leisure, aquatic centres and sports; opposite: terrestrial (living on land).

### Examples

- Frogs lay their eggs in an aquatic habitat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aquatic/#x1)
- Water lilies are aquatic plants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aquatic/#x2)
- Fish have gills because they are aquatic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aquatic/#x3)
- We went to the aquatic centre for swimming lessons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aquatic/#x4)
- Diving and water polo are aquatic sports. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aquatic/#x5)
- Otters are partly aquatic animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aquatic/#x6)
- The white aquatic birds skimmed the surface of the water in their flight, and all was calm and still as amid the black rocks at Delphi. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aquatic/#x7)

### Note

From Latin «aqua» (water), like aquarium. Opposite in science: «terrestrial» (land). «Marine» means living in the sea; «aquatic» means any water, fresh or salty.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «aquatic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aquatic/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«aquatic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/aquatic.html) on Mova free.