Definition of "semiaquatic" [semiaquatic]

• Adapted for living or growing in or near water; not entirely aquatic: a semiaquatic plant or animal. (adjective)

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• "Proserpinaca is a semiaquatic plant, also called ‘mermaid weed.’"
• "Restudy of this murid showed that it was distinct from both Holochilus (the semiaquatic web-footed rats) and Hesperomys (nowadays synonymous with Calomys, the vesper mice) and thus deserving of its own genus, so today this species is called Lundomys molitor."
• "Guesses range from turtle without the shell to semiaquatic rodent."