Usually means: Partly land-based, partly water-based.
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  1. semiterrestrial: Merriam-Webster
  2. semiterrestrial: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. semiterrestrial: Collins English Dictionary
  4. semiterrestrial: Vocabulary.com
  5. semiterrestrial: Wiktionary
  6. semiterrestrial: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. semiterrestrial: Dictionary.com
  8. Semiterrestrial: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. semiterrestrial: Rhymezone
  10. semiterrestrial: FreeDictionary.org
  11. semiterrestrial: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. semiterrestrial: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  (of an animal) partly terrestrial, living sometimes on land

Similar:
semianimal, semiarboreal, semifossorial, semibipedal, semisocial, semicaptive, semipendent, seminomadic, seminivorous, plesiopedal, more...

Opposite:
aquatic, marine, oceanic

Types:
arboreal, fossorial, volant, aquatic, natatorial, terrestrial, more...

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Similar:
semianimal, semiarboreal, semifossorial, semibipedal, semisocial, semicaptive, semipendent, seminomadic, seminivorous, plesiopedal, more...

Opposite:
aquatic, marine, oceanic

Types:
arboreal, fossorial, volant, aquatic, natatorial, terrestrial, more...



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