semiaquatic

Questions about semiaquatic

What does semiaquatic mean?

semiaquatic means "having an aquatic early or larval form and a terrestrial adult form". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in semiaquatic?

semiaquatic has 5 syllables: se-mi-aq-ua-tic. The stress falls on "ua".

What is another word for semiaquatic?

Close synonyms include amphibiotic, subaquatic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is semiaquatic a common word?

semiaquatic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.