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aquatic

English

Alternative forms

  • aquatick (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French aquatique (“living in water”), from Latin aquaticus (“relating to water”), from aqua (“water”)

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /??kw?.t?k/, /??kwæ.t?k/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??kw?.t?k/, /??kwæ.t?k/
  • (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /??kw?.t?k/
  • Rhymes: -?t?k

Usage notes

The pronunciations with a back vowel are more recent and reflect a long-established tendency to round a historic short-a after IPA(key): /w/.

Adjective

aquatic (comparative more aquatic, superlative most aquatic)

  1. Relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water.

Synonyms

  • waterly

Related terms

  • aquativeness (obscure, obsolete)

Translations

Noun

aquatic (plural aquatics)

  1. Any aquatic plant.

References

aquatic From the web:

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  • what aquatic turtles stay small
  • what aquatic plants are safe for turtles
  • what aquatic animals eat algae
  • what aquatic animal am i
  • what aquatic ecosystem is the most productive
  • what aquatic mean
  • what aquatic ecosystem is likely to be the warmest

macrophyte

English

Etymology

From German Makrophyt, equivalent to macro- (“large”) +? -phyte (“plant”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?mak??(?)f??t/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?mæk???fa?t/

Noun

macrophyte (plural macrophytes)

  1. (biology) Any normal macroscopic plant, especially an aquatic one.

Translations

Anagrams

  • chromatype, pachometry, phycomater

French

Etymology

From macro- (“large”) +? -phyte (“plant”).

Noun

macrophyte f (plural macrophytes)

  1. (biology) macrophyte

macrophyte From the web:

  • what do macrophages do
  • what are macrophytes pdf
  • what is macrophytes plant
  • what is macrophyte pond
  • what is macrophyte cover
  • what does macrophytes mean in biology
  • what does macrophyte means
  • what is macrophyte biomass
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