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aquatile

aquatile adjective: inhabiting the water.

Adjective

aquatile (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Inhabiting the water.
    • By Frogges I understand not such as arising from putrifaction, are bred without copulation, and because they subsist not long, are called Temporariae; nor doe I meane hereby the little Frogge of an excellent Parrat-green, that usually sits on trees and bushes, and is therefore called Ravunculus...1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, London: E. Dod, Book 3, Chapter 13, p. 138
    • Wd have spoken of the Inanimate World: now I proceed to that which is Animate, viz. those Creatures which belong to the Sensitive and Animal Kingdom. […] Here chiefly the Hand of an Intelligent and Divine Author is discernable. Especially if we consider the wonderful Variety and Diversity of this...1696, John Edwards, chapter 9, in A Demonstration of the Existence and Providence of God, London: Jonathan Robinson and John Wyat, page 183
    Synonyms:
    aquatic

Synonyms of aquatile

Origin of aquatile

Latin aquatilis: compare French aquatile (obsolete).

Questions about aquatile

What does aquatile mean?
Aquatile means inhabiting the water.
What part of speech is aquatile?
Aquatile is an adjective.

Words near aquatile in the dictionary

  1. aquatic warblers
  2. aquatical
  3. aquatically
  4. aquatick
  5. aquatics
  6. aquatile
  7. aquatint
  8. aquatinta
  9. aquatintas
  10. aquatinted
  11. aquatinter

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