How to Use semiaquatic in a Sentence

semiaquatic

adjective
  • Anacondas are semiaquatic and can hold their breaths for some time.
    — New York Times, 2 May 2022
  • But like so much of Australia's unique wildlife, these semiaquatic creatures face a mix of threats.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Jan. 2020
  • While called rice, wild rice is actually a semiaquatic grass.
    — Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Pumpkin can get up on her hind legs, her little black semiaquatic paws pressed to her chest, to get a treat, and is able to spin around on command.
    — Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
  • River otters, semiaquatic mammals that can grow up to 30 lbs.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 7 May 2022
  • In Nature, the team used the density of bones to see if the Spinosaurus was semiaquatic.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The larval stage of crane flies, also known as leatherjackets, is aquatic or semiaquatic.
    — Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Wild Rice While called rice, wild rice is actually a semiaquatic grass.
    — Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Every first full moon of November is called the beaver moon in honor of the semiaquatic rodents.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Pang is among those who’ve recreated that type of eye in the style of everyone’s favorite semiaquatic mammal.
    — Leslie Katz, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
  • In addition to those semiaquatic reptiles, there is also an abundance of sea turtles.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 6 May 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
  • Known for its timid and gentle nature, the snake is semiaquatic and nocturnal, feeding on earthworms in captivity.
    — Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Catania says these attacks seem to be most effective against terrestrial or semiaquatic predators.
    — National Geographic, 6 June 2016
  • 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
  • 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
  • Both the giant semiaquatic herbivores are well, apart from exceptionally runny noses.
    — Fox News, 5 Dec. 2021
  • 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
  • Before hard eggs, creatures lived semiaquatic lifestyles, returning to water to procreate.
    — Ben Guarino, sacbee.com, 22 June 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • Currently the largest semiaquatic mammal in the Great Lakes is the North American river otter.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The capybara, also known as the carpincho, is a semiaquatic mammal native to South America that’s considered the world’s largest rodent.
    — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • This anatomy features a lower jaw with teeth that protrude out between the upper set—a trait previously only seen in flying pterosaurs, marine ichthyosaurs, and semiaquatic crocodilian predators.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Feb. 2026
  • These aquatic, semiaquatic or terrestrial creatures are easily recognized thanks to their bony, cartilaginous shells and slow-pace movements.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Scientists have discovered a new predatory dinosaur fossil in Mongolia that was likely a semiaquatic diving predator.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2022
  • 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

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