Definition of aquatic

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Aquatic (a.) Pertaining to water; growing in water; living in, swimming in, or frequenting the margins of waters; as, aquatic plants and fowls..

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Mosquito :: Mosquito (n.) Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are aquatic..
Feather-foil :: Feather-foil (n.) An aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris), having finely divided leaves..
Water Newt :: Water newt () Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders; a triton.
Bladderwort :: Bladderwort (n.) A genus (Utricularia) of aquatic or marshy plants, which usually bear numerous vesicles in the divisions of the leaves. These serve as traps for minute animals. See Ascidium..
Water Star Grass :: Water star grass () An aquatic plant (Schollera graminea) with grassy leaves, and yellow star-shaped blossoms..
Water Tupelo :: Water tupelo () A species of large tupelo (Nyssa aquatica) growing in swamps in the southern of the United States. See Ogeechee lime.
Aquatic :: Aquatic (n.) An aquatic animal or plant.
Gill :: Gill (n.) An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia.
Natant :: Natant (a.) Floating in water, as the leaves of water lilies, or submersed, as those of many aquatic plants..
Water Mite :: Water mite () Any of numerous species of aquatic mites belonging to Hydrachna and allied genera of the family Hydrachnidae, usually having the legs fringed and adapted for swimming. They are often red or red and black in color, and while young are parasites of fresh-water insects and mussels. Called also water tick, and water spider..
Shellfish :: Shellfish (n.) Any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell, either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lobsters and crabs..
Submersion :: Submersed (a.) Being or growing under water, as the leaves of aquatic plants..
Water Willow :: Water willow () An American aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers..
Pondweed :: Pondweed (n.) Any aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton, of which many species are found in ponds or slow-moving rivers..
Awlwort :: Awlwort (n.) A plant (Subularia aquatica), with awl-shaped leaves..
Aquatic :: Aquatic (a.) Pertaining to water; growing in water; living in, swimming in, or frequenting the margins of waters; as, aquatic plants and fowls..
Hornwort :: Hornwort (n.) An aquatic plant (Ceratophyllum), with finely divided leaves..
Water Hare :: Water hare () A small American hare or rabbit (Lepus aquaticus) found on or near the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also water rabbit, and swamp hare..
Triton :: Triton (n.) Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders. The common European species are Hemisalamandra cristata, Molge palmata, and M. alpestris, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland. The most common species of the United States is Diemyctylus viridescens. See Illust. under Salamander..
Spawn :: Spawn (v. t.) The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals..
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