semiaquatic

Definition of Semiaquatic in English :

1. amphibiotic, semiaquatic

having an aquatic early or larval form and a terrestrial adult form

2. semiaquatic, subaquatic

partially aquatic; living or growing partly on land and partly in water

Example Sentences:
'a marginal subaquatic flora'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Semiaquatic

adjective

(of organisms, esp plants) occurring close to the water and sometimes within it

adjective Biology

1.

growing in or near water, as certain plants

2.

spending some time in water, as muskrats

adj.

1. Living or able to live both on land and in the water: semiaquatic rodents.

2. Growing in saturated soil: a semiaquatic fern.