semiaquatic

adjective

semi·aquat·ic ˌse-mē-ə-ˈkwä-tik

-ˈkwa-,

ˌse-ˌmī-,

-mi-

: growing equally well in or adjacent to water

also : frequenting but not living wholly in water

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Pang is among those who’ve recreated that type of eye in the style of everyone’s favorite semiaquatic mammal. —

Leslie Katz, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024 Blowing bubbles isn’t just fun and games for the water anole (Anolis aquaticus), a small, semiaquatic species of anole lizard that’s native to Costa Rica and Panama. —

Bysean Cummings, science.org, 17 Sep. 2024 In 2022, Fish and Wildlife received state funding to start a restoration program to prepare sites in California for the semiaquatic animals. —

Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024 Crews and colleagues surveyed spiders and reported in 2019 that 21 taxonomic families include semiaquatic species, suggesting that the evolutionary event occurred multiple independent times. —

Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for semiaquatic