waterborne

waterborne
/waw"teuhr bawrn', -bohrn', wot"euhr-/, adj.
1. floating or moving on water; supported by water: The ship was waterborne ten months after the keel was laid.
2. transported by ship or boat: waterborne commerce.
3. communicated by water, esp. drinking water: waterborne diseases.
[1550-60; WATER + BORNE]

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