ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Aquatile

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Aquatile is an adjective meaning (obsolete) Inhabiting the water.

Meaning

(obsolete) Inhabiting the water.

Example Sentences

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 sort of Beings: for they are either Terrestrial, Aquatile or Aerial.
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 viridis, or Arboreus; but hereby I understand the aquatile or water Frogge whereof in ditches and standing plashes, wee may behold many millions every Spring in England;

Synonyms for aquatile

Depending on context, synonyms include aquatic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include aquatick, aquabatic, aquatic, waterly, aquaeous, aquatectural.

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