How to Use semiaquatic in a Sentence

semiaquatic

adjective

• The Spinosaurus was semiaquatic, hunting prey in rivers.
  — Vivian La, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2023
• But like so much of Australia's unique wildlife, these semiaquatic creatures face a mix of threats.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Jan. 2020
• Anacondas are semiaquatic and can hold their breaths for some time.
  — New York Times, 2 May 2022
• Every first full moon of November is called the beaver moon in honor of the semiaquatic rodents.
  — Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 7 Nov. 2022
• The spotted turtle is a semiaquatic turtle native to the eastern U.S. and the Great Lakes region.
  — Jeremy Beaman, Washington Examiner, 6 Apr. 2021
• On a recent October day, the beavers got into a game of cat and mouse around the semiaquatic enclosure.
  — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Nov. 2022
• The November full moon is named after beavers, as this is usually the time of the year when the semiaquatic rodents begin to take shelter ahead of winter.
  — Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE.com, 18 Jan. 2022
• River otters, semiaquatic mammals that can grow up to 30 lbs.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 7 May 2022
• Among the wonders of the natural world that few people have ever noticed: a semiaquatic springtail in motion.
  — Oliver Whang, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2022
• Nutria, an orange-toothed, semiaquatic rodent, was brought to the state from South America almost a century ago to be raised on fur farms.
  — Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com, 26 Feb. 2018
• In addition to those semiaquatic reptiles, there is also an abundance of sea turtles.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 6 May 2021
• No species demonstrates this conundrum better than Spinosaurus, a semiaquatic dinosaur that lived in what's now northern Africa about a hundred million years ago.
  — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 26 Mar. 2019
• Godzilla: An aquatic lizard to be reckoned with Godzilla appears to be a giant, semiaquatic reptile.
  — Kiersten Formoso, The Conversation, 29 Mar. 2021
• The muted-color photos effectively evoke the semiaquatic landscape and conjure a moist, hazy vibe.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 3 June 2022
• The paddlelike tail, added this year by Dal Sasso and colleagues, creates a new image of a semiaquatic dinosaur that was more proficient at swimming than running.
  — Riley Black, Discover Magazine, 26 May 2020
• The semiaquatic, vegetarian mammals were reintroduced to the wild in Scotland in 2009.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2020
• The rodents, which are sometimes mistaken for beavers or muskrats, are distinguished from other semiaquatic creatures by their slender, ratlike tail.
  — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2018
• The department’s recommendation to the county board that the lake be allowed to become a semiaquatic wetland has stirred anger among Springfield-area residents who have enjoyed it as a recreation hub.
  — Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2023
• For decades, scientists hoping to save these semiaquatic animals from extinction have been trying and failing to pin down the origins of this mysterious killer.
  — Joanna Klein, New York Times, 10 May 2018
• As temperatures drop or severe storms arrive, the semiaquatic, sociable experts at hunkering down and making it through a tough winter will head inside their dens, or lodges.
  — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 29 Dec. 2020
• In 1938, the nutria, a large, semiaquatic rodent from Argentina, was introduced onto fur farms in Louisiana.
  — Anthony Ham, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2022
• Catania says these attacks seem to be most effective against terrestrial or semiaquatic predators.
  — National Geographic, 6 June 2016
• Gators are the semiaquatic equivalent of coyotes, said Ian Recchio, the zoo’s reptile curator: canny, omnivorous, adept at snatching food and avoiding predators.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2022
• Both the giant semiaquatic herbivores are well, apart from exceptionally runny noses.
  — Fox News, 5 Dec. 2021
• The biggest community of hippos outside their native Africa, these semiaquatic mammals prospered in the absence of natural predators in South America.
  — Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2021
• The strange interlude lasted seven minutes, reports Business Insider’s Kelsey Vlamis, and the semiaquatic anaconda most likely perished from being submerged for so long.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2022
• Before hard eggs, creatures lived semiaquatic lifestyles, returning to water to procreate.
  — Ben Guarino, sacbee.com, 22 June 2017
• Perhaps those same evolutionary ingredients came together millions of years ago as well, helping our semiaquatic ancestors clamber atop the soil.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 15 June 2021
• Intriguingly, the dinosaur likely lived along marine and freshwater habitats like other semiaquatic reptiles, but it’s not something that any other extinct or extant large aquatic vertebrates like ichthyosaurs or sea turtles did.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Dec. 2022
• Scientists have discovered a new predatory dinosaur fossil in Mongolia that was likely a semiaquatic diving predator.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 7 Oct 2024