Get to know Semiaquatic better with 4 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like amphibious or subaquatic.
Semiaquatic in a sentence
Semiaquatic meaning
- Spending part of the life cycle underwater. Also, spending a significant proportion of its time in both terrestrial and aquatic environments.
- Having the roots partially or entirely underwater.
Synonyms of Semiaquatic
Using Semiaquatic
- The main meaning on this page is: Spending part of the life cycle underwater. Also, spending a significant proportion of its time in both terrestrial and aquatic environments. | Having the roots partially or entirely underwater.
- Useful related words include: amphibiotic, amphibious, subaquatic, aquatic.
Context around Semiaquatic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Semiaquatic
- In this selection, "semiaquatic" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, habits, territories and lifestyle stand out and add context to how "semiaquatic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are of semiaquatic habits spending and males with semiaquatic territories have. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "semiaquatic" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with semiaquatic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Males with semiaquatic territories have the most success in defending them. (11 words)
Otariids are adapted to a semiaquatic lifestyle, feeding and migrating in the water, but breeding and resting on land or ice. (21 words)
These long-snouted and semiaquatic predators resemble living crocodiles and probably had a similar lifestyle, hunting for fish and small reptiles around the water's edge. (26 words)
Male hippos appear to continue growing throughout their lives while females reach maximum weight at around age 25. citation Different from all other large land mammals, hippos are of semiaquatic habits, spending the day in lakes and rivers. (38 words)
These long-snouted and semiaquatic predators resemble living crocodiles and probably had a similar lifestyle, hunting for fish and small reptiles around the water's edge. (26 words)
Otariids are adapted to a semiaquatic lifestyle, feeding and migrating in the water, but breeding and resting on land or ice. (21 words)
Example sentences (4)
Male hippos appear to continue growing throughout their lives while females reach maximum weight at around age 25. citation Different from all other large land mammals, hippos are of semiaquatic habits, spending the day in lakes and rivers.
Males with semiaquatic territories have the most success in defending them.
Otariids are adapted to a semiaquatic lifestyle, feeding and migrating in the water, but breeding and resting on land or ice.
These long-snouted and semiaquatic predators resemble living crocodiles and probably had a similar lifestyle, hunting for fish and small reptiles around the water's edge.