aquan

English

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From Middle English aqua (borrowed from Latin aqua) +‎ -n (adjective and inhabitant suffix).

aquan (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to the sea.
The aquan vessel travelled north from the harbour.
Of or pertaining to water.
Cordial is an aquan substance.

aquan (plural aquans)

(science fiction, rare) An inhabitant of the sea.
- 2020, Thomas Parrott, “To Catch a Thief”, in Charlotte Llewelyn-Wells, editor, KeyForge: Tales from the Crucible, page 155:
  One of the patrol enforcers, "hubbers" as they were known, that were bustling about stopped to give a sympathetic burble. They were an aquan, living in a pressure suit that kept them suspended in water.