Aquatic
Aquatic adjective - Living, lying, or occurring below the surface of the water.
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Synonyms for Aquatic
Freshwater and aquatic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Freshwater" instead an adjective "Aquatic".
Freshwater
Freshwater noun - Water that is not salty.
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Synonyms for Freshwater
Aquatic and freshwater are semantically related. You can use "Aquatic" instead an adjective "Freshwater".
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Many role-playing games' encounter tables for aquatic creatures don't bother to distinguish between freshwater and saltwater species, probably because there aren't many choices to work with.
Source: Misplaced Wildlife - While technically not exclusively marine, choristoderes (better known as champsosaurs) are thought to have been fully aquatic, even in freshwater ecosystems - to the point that in some species only the females had limbs that were strong enough to move on land.
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Hyphalosaurus was pretty much the closest equivalent to a real Nessie: it was a long-necked, completely aquatic freshwater reptile that lived in what was once a large lake in a temperate climate.
Source: Stock Ness Monster
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