sub-aquatic

Subversion is the tendency to plumb the unconscious in its lower aspects; and it can be said to be the province of “depth psychology” in its more restricted sense the “descent into hell” and can be compared to sub-aquatic sport.

C. G. Jung and Psychosynthesis, by Roberto Assagioli William Harryman 2009

This, in contrast to sub-aquatic sport, can be compared to mountain-climbing.

C. G. Jung and Psychosynthesis, by Roberto Assagioli William Harryman 2009

Of course sub-aquatic mer-man makes no sense, but seriously get your head out of your obviously tight butt and have a laugh for gods sake.

News I must have missed. Russell Brand’s getting his own biopic! | Obsessed With Film 2008

Parlabane couldn't work out how it was likely to factor into the imminent sub-aquatic low-jinks, but was pretty confident he wasn't going to like it.

Be My Enemy Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2004

This project will link South Africa with Malaysia, via Mauritius, by sub-aquatic fibre optic cable which will not only increase telecommunications traffic but also render the project more economically viable.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

Then the engines ran smoothly and the swaying stopped, leading Rhodan to assume that they were now under water and heading for the mysterious sub-aquatic fortress.

False Front Ernsting, Walter 1976

The most varied vegetation occurs along the nullah, but consists entirely of aquatic or sub-aquatic plants; among these the most common are two or three Scirpi, particularly a large rush-like one, a large Sparganium, a very narrow leaved Typha, Hydrocharis!

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

How strange it is that a bird, under the form of a woodpecker, should prey on insects on the ground; that upland geese which rarely or never swim, should possess webbed feet; that a thrush-like bird should dive and feed on sub-aquatic insects; and that a petrel should have the habits and structure fitting it for the life of an awk! and so in endless other cases.

XV. Recapitulation and Conclusion 1909

There are a few spiders about the seashore, and a few that can survive douching with freshwater, but the particular case of the true water-spider, _Argyroneta natans_, stands by itself because the creature, as regards the female at least, has _conquered_ the sub-aquatic environment.

The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told J. Arthur Thomson 1897

Near the shores, in the zone called "the littoral" where the rivers empty, the materials of nourishment were accumulated by the impulse of the tides and currents, and there flourished sub-aquatic vegetation.

Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel Vicente Blasco Ib����ez 1897