Synonyms for aquatic
əˈkwæt ɪk, əˈkwɒt-aquat·ic

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1. aquaticadjective

   a plant that lives in or on water

   Antonyms:
   overland, amphibiotic, amphibious, terrestrial, onshore, semiaquatic

2. aquaticadjective

   relating to or consisting of or being in water

   "an aquatic environment"

   Antonyms:
   onshore, overland, amphibious, semiaquatic, terrestrial, amphibiotic

3. aquaticadjective

   operating or living or growing in water

   "boats are aquatic vehicles"; "water lilies are aquatic plants"; "fish are aquatic animals"

   Antonyms:
   amphibiotic, amphibious, terrestrial, onshore, semiaquatic, overland

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1. List of paraphrases for "aquatic":

   aquatiques, aquatics, aquatique, water, in-water, water-based

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1. Allyson Jackson:

   Even though fish-eating terrestrial consumers are often exposed to high levels of mercury, they are usually not species eaten by humans – think of an osprey, kingfisher or bald eagle, the same is true for terrestrial consumers that rely on emergent aquatic insects – they are often not species consumed by humans such as spiders, songbirds and bats.

2. Sandy Sinn:

   Her love is fire in an aquatic world. By Sandy Sinn

3. Kate Wilson:

   That's the crazy thing about domestic aquatic pets, you have them in your aquarium and they are this cute little thing and then you release it into the wild and that constraint of size and food is gone and because of that some of these species can get really big.

4. Andres Garchitorena:

   In Australia, it seems more to be a terrestrial transmission whereas in Africa, for example, the strain is very different and is mostly transmitted through aquatic ecosystems.

5. Carissa DeCramer:

   This is incredibly rare for Biscayne National Park, pythons are not aquatic animals. They can swim, which is why this python was able to make it to the platform. But they’re not regularly in open water. And they don't like salt water. RAVENOUS 14-FOOT PYTHON CAUGHT WITH 3 DEER IN ITS GUT Burmese pythons are a problematic, invasive species in Florida, and have been for years. Over 2,000 reportsof the pythons have been made in Miami-Dade County alone, and they’ve also been reported in numerous other Florida counties.