a. and sb. arch. [ad. L. aquātilis aquatic, f. aqua water: see -ATILE.]

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  A.  adj. Living in water; = AQUATIC a. 2

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1622.  Sir R. Hawkins, Voy. S. Sea (1847), 119. Part terrestryall and part aquatile as the mare-maid.

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1727–51.  Chambers, Cycl., s.v. Aquatic, The antient Romans had also their aquatic or aquatile gods.

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1865.  F. Locker, Select,., 145.

        His deity was aquatile,
A rough and tough old Crocodile.

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  B.  sb. An aquatic animal or plant; = AQUATIC sb. 1.

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1638.  Wilkins, Disc. New World, I. (1684), 174. Observation concerning the Nature of Aquatils.

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1706.  Phil. Trans., XXV. 2314. Fishes and other Aquatiles.

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1731.  Bailey, Aquatiles, such plants as grow in water.

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