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Definition of Subaquatic
1. Adjective. Growing or remaining under water. "Submerged leaves"
Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology
Similar to: Aquatic
2. Adjective. Partially aquatic; living or growing partly on land and partly in water. "A marginal subaquatic flora"
Definition of Subaquatic
1. a. Being under water, or beneath the surface of water; adapted for use under water; submarine; as, a subaqueous helmet.
Definition of Subaquatic
1. Adjective. Located or living under water; submarine ¹
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Definition of Subaquatic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subaquatic
Literary usage of Subaquatic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Magazine of Zoology and Botany by Prideaux John Selby, George Johnston, William Jardine (1838)
"St John's College, Cambridge, March 20, 1837- III—Notes upon subaquatic Insects,
with the description of a New Genus of British ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Subaqueous, subaquatic. Submerge, va I. Immerse, plunge, sink, submerse. 2.
Be merged, be incorporated, be included. Submerse, v a. See SUBMERGE. ..."
3. Nature's teachings: human invention anticipated by nature by John George Wood (1877)
"Natural Objects from which the Form was derived. —subaquatic Mortar or Cement,
and its Use to Man.—subaquatic Cement used by the Caddis, the Stickleback, ..."
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