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单词 subaquatic
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subaquaticadj.

Brit. /ˌsʌbəˈkwatɪk/, U.S. /ˌsəbəˈkwɑdɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sub- prefix, aquatic adj.
Etymology: < sub- prefix + aquatic adj. Compare French subaquatique (1836 or earlier). Compare earlier subaqueous adj.
1. Situated, occurring, or performed underwater; = subaqueous adj. 1a.
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the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [adjective] > aquatic
waterya1382
subaquaneous1656
subaquatic1750
aquatic1794
demersed1866
pelagic1887
hydrophytic1901
hydrarch1913
the world > matter > liquid > water > [adjective] > existing, situated, or formed under water
underwater1627
subaqueous1677
subteraqueous1682
subaquatic1750
subteraquean1753
subaquean1782
sub-water1865
sub-aqua1871
1750 tr. B. de Maillet Telliamed 6 His principal study at this time, was to discover the disposition of subaquatic soils.
1789 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. II 146 (note) The subaquatic leaves of this plant..are cut into fine divisions.
1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 316 Subaquatic paths for crossing the Nile.
1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia III. 111 Tearing up the strong-fibred vegetables from their subaquatic bed by means of its tusks.
1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 11 Ability to progress under water..by a sort of subaquatic flying and scrambling.
a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 909 The water-spider, though belonging to a terrestrial race and breathing dry air, weaves a sub-aquatic nest in which she lays her eggs.
1975 Times 1 July p. xiv/5 In Italy, for the most part, anyone who can sail, play tennis, ride, or go in for sub-aquatic sports is also lucky enough to have a father who can pay for his holidays.
2009 J. DuLong My River Chrons. (2010) 194 There was talk of sending a diver down to scope out the subaquatic terrain.
2. Zoology and Botany. Partly aquatic.
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the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [adjective] > aquatic > partly
subaquatic1820
the world > life > biology > balance of nature > organisms in relation to habitat > [adjective]
fieldya1382
waterya1382
agrestial1608
subterranean1638
lucifugous1654
nemoral1656
subcutaneous1664
subterraneous1832
subtidal1852
xylophilous1862
xerophilous1863
acid-loving1870
aerobic1878
aerobian1879
aerobious1879
aerobiotic1880
subaquatic1880
aerophilous1885
facultative1887
pelagic1887
aerophile1888
autotrophic1893
heterotrophic1893
plastic1893
thermophilic1894
thermophil1896
mesophilic1897
halolimnic1898
polybathic1898
tolerant1898
limnetic1899
thermophilous1899
metatrophic1900
mixotrophic1900
paratrophic1900
mesophilous1901
benthic1902
epibenthic1902
eurybathic1902
microaerophilic1903
sympatric1904
benthoal1905
cryophile1907
benthonic1909
microaerophile1909
lenitic1916
lotic1916
psychrotolerant1924
oligosaprobic1925
polysaprobic1925
aerophilic1929
saprobic1932
primary1934
lentic1935
chemoautotrophic1936
eurytopic1937
psammic1938
saprotrophic1942
prototrophic1946
chemolithoautotrophic1949
auxotrophic1950
chemolithotrophic1953
chemoorganotrophic1953
opportunist1956
psychrophile1956
psychrophilic1958
opportunistic1960
psychrotrophic1960
oligosaprobe1990
1820 Edinb. Philos. Jrnl. 2 44 In the shallow parts of lakes are found numerous subaquatic plants, which, in summer, flower at the surface.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 483 Subaquatic plants, such as rushes.
1880 A. R. Wallace Island Life ii. xiii. 268 The large number of allied forms [of tortoises] which have aquatic or sub-aquatic habits.
1914 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) 315 Almost all of the above-named aquatic and subaquatic plants flourish in one or other of the numerous small crater-lakes in the island.
1975 D. S. Correll & H. B. Correll Aquatic & Wetland Plants Southwestern U.S. I. 51 Osmundaceae... Large terrestrial to subaquatic plants of low moist soils and wet places.
2008 D. M. Armstrong Rocky Mountain Mammals (ed. 3) x. 188 Otters..are largely restricted to aquatic and subaquatic habitats, such as streamside marshes and willow thickets.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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