underwater

underwater
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adj.
Underwater is used with these nouns: ↑archaeology, ↑camera, ↑creature, ↑earthquake, ↑explorer, ↑microphone, ↑navigation, ↑photography, ↑volcano
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adv.
Underwater is used with these verbs: ↑swim

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