aquatic
part of speech
adjective (aquatic, more aquatic); noun (an aquatic, aquatics — rare)
meaning for a pupil
1) Aquatic means living or growing in water, as in «aquatic plants». tree →
2) Aquatic also means happening in or on water, as in «aquatic sports» like swimming and diving. tree →
3) (rare) An aquatic is a plant or animal that lives in water. tree →
sense 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 →
- Water lilies are aquatic plants. tree →
- Fish have gills because they are aquatic. tree →
- We went to the aquatic centre for swimming lessons. tree →
- Diving and water polo are aquatic sports. tree →
- Otters are partly aquatic animals. tree →
- 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 →
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.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «aquatic» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.