aquatic
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The new findings provide another important piece in the story of how vertebrates evolved from aquatic creatures into animals capable of living on land.
From Science Daily • May 25, 2026
The waste can also clog the aquatic vegetation where the fish would feed and breed, and contaminate the water on which they depend.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Hampton Roads is under regulatory pressure to release less of those pollutants, which harm aquatic life in the Chesapeake Bay, and the proposed $400 million investment would fund a new facility for removing them.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
"But I would imagine at the source there coming down, there will be an effect on not just fish, but all aquatic insects and vertebrates and stuff."
From BBC • May 6, 2026
In the waters below, their young, the dragonfly nymphs, or naiads, prey on the aquatic stages of mosquitoes and other insects.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing aquatic
Something's Fishy: A Fresh Catch of Aquatic Words
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Elements of the Universe: Aqua ("Water")
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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