a. rare. Also erron. subterr-. [f. L. *subteraqueus: see SUBTER- (1) and AQUEOUS.] Living, situated, performed, etc., under water.
1682. H. More, Annot. Glanvill’s Lux O., 139. By those inevitable Laws of the subteraqueous Sandalphon.
1733. Tull, Horse-Hoeing Husb., iii. 26. The Effect the vicissitudes of Winter and Summer have upon Subterraqueous Vegetables.
1823. Byron, Juan, XIV. lxxxi. ‘An oyster may be cross’d in love,’—and why? Because he mopeth idly in his shell, And heaves a lonely subterraqueous sigh.
