Hypertext Webster Gateway: "subaquatic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Subaquatic \Sub`a*quat"ic\, Subaqueous \Sub*a"que*ous\, a.
1. Being under water, or beneath the surface of water;
adapted for use under water; submarine; as, a subaqueous
helmet.
2. (Geol.) Formed in or under water; as, subaqueous deposits.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
subaquatic
adj 1: (biology) growing or remaining under water; "viewing
subaqueous fauna from a glass-bottomed boat";
"submerged leaves" [syn: {subaqueous}, {submerged}, {submersed},
{underwater}]
2: (biology) partially aquatic; living or growing partly on
land and partly in water; "a marginal subaquatic flora"
[syn: {semiaquatic}]
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