aquatic
n. B2 Upper Intermediate US //əˈkwætɪk// UK //əkwˈætɪk// aquat·ic
n. living or growing in, on, or near water. You use this to describe animals like fish or plants like seaweed.
n. relating to water; living in or near water, or taking place in water.
Dolphins are aquatic mammals that live in the ocean.
The park features a large pond filled with various aquatic plants and small fish.
Biologists are concerned that rising chemical levels in the river are damaging the delicate aquatic ecosystem and threatening several rare species of frogs.
Borrowed from Middle French aquatique (“living in water”), from Latin aquaticus (“relating to water”), from aqua (“water”).
Usage
Typically placed before the noun it modifies.