aquanaut

aquanaut
/ak"weuh nawt', -not', ah"kweuh-/, n.
1. an undersea explorer, esp. one who skin-dives from or lives for an extended period of time in a submerged dwelling.
2. a skin-diver.
[1880-85; AQUA- + -naut, on the model of AERONAUT, ASTRONAUT, etc.]

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