aquatic
adjective /əˈkwætɪk/
/əˈkwɑːtɪk/
[usually before noun]- growing or living in, on or near water
- aquatic plants/life/ecosystems
- connected with water
- aquatic sports
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘watery, rainy’): from Old French aquatique or Latin aquaticus, from aqua ‘water’.