Semiaquatic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Adapted for living or growing in or near water; not entirely aquatic: a semiaquatic plant or animal.
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  • adj. Alternative spelling of semi-aquatic.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
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  • adj. partially aquatic; living or growing partly on land and partly in water
  • adj. having an aquatic early or larval form and a terrestrial adult form
    • Equivalent
    aquatic    amphibious   
     
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