SEMITERRESTRIAL

Meaning of SEMITERRESTRIAL in English

/sem'ee teuh res"tree euhl, sem'uy-/ , adj. Biol.

living mostly on land but requiring a moist environment or nearby water, esp. as a breeding site: Most amphibians are semiterrestrial.

[ 1915-20; SEMI- + TERRESTRIAL ]

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SEMITERRESTRIAL — adjective Date: 1919 growing on boggy ground, frequenting but not living wholly on land
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SEMITERRESTRIAL — | ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ at semi- + adjective Etymology: semi- + terrestrial : chiefly terrestrial: as a. : growing on boggy ground semiterrestrial …
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SEMITERRESTRIAL — adjective Date: 1919 1. : growing on boggy ground 2. : frequenting but not living wholly on land
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SEMITERRESTRIAL — [semi.ter.res.tri.al] adj (1919) 1: growing on boggy ground 2: frequenting but not living wholly on land
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SEMITERRESTRIAL — Pronunciation: ˌ se-m ē -t ə - ' res-tr ē - ə l, ˌ se- ˌ m ī -, -mi-, …
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SALAMANDER — I. ˈsaləˌmandə(r), -maan- sometimes ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English salamandre, from Middle French, from Latin salamandra, from …
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SERICORNIS — ˌserəˈkȯrnə̇s noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek sērikos + New Latin -ornis : a genus of small noisy …
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ORCHESTIA — ȯ(r)ˈkestēə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek orchēstēs dancer (from orcheisthai to dance, leap) + New Latin -ia …
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GRASS FROG — noun : any of several frogs of semiterrestrial habits: as a. : a common European frog ( Rana temporaria ) …
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CHIPMUNK — noun also chip·monk ˈchipˌməŋk ( -s ) Etymology: alteration (probably influenced by chipping squirrel) of earlier chitmunk, of Algonquian origin; …
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TOAD — — toadish, toadlike , adj. — toadishness , n. — toadless , adj. /tohd/ , n. 1. any of various …
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SALAMANDER — — salamanderlike , adj. — salamandrine /sal'euh man"drin/ , adj. — salamandroid , adj. /sal"euh man'deuhr/ , n. 1. any …
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AMPHIBIAN — /am fib"ee euhn/ , n. 1. any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Amphibia, comprising frogs and toads, newts and salamanders, …
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HERMIT CRAB — any crab of the families Paguridae and Coenobitidae (order Decapoda of the subclass Crustacea). The crabs use empty snail shells …
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