semiterrestrial

Describes an organism that lives partly on land and partly in water, or that spends a significant portion of its life cycle on land but is still dependent on an aquatic environment.

• 🇪🇸Describe un organismo que vive parcialmente en tierra y parcialmente en agua, o que pasa una parte significativa de su ciclo de vida en tierra pero sigue dependiendo del medio acuático.

1. Primarily but not exclusively terrestrial C2 formal

   Describing an organism or habitat that is mainly land-based but also has some connection to water or aquatic environments.

   • The semiterrestrial crab lives near the shore but ventures into the water to feed.
   • Some species of frogs are semiterrestrial, spending part of their life on land and part in water.
   • The semiterrestrial plant thrives in damp soil near riverbanks.

   🇪🇸semiterrestre

   Sinónimos: amphibious

   Antónimos: aquaticmarinepelagic

• more semiterrestrial comparative form
• most semiterrestrial superlative form