AQUAT'IC, adjective [Latin aquaticus. See Aqua.] Pertaining to water; applied to animals which live in water, as fishes; or to such as frequent it, as aquatic fowls; applied to plants, it denotes such as grown in water. Aquatical is rarely used. AQUAT'IC, noun A plant which grows in water, as the flag.
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