estuarine
Collocations
5ADJ.
environmental, larger, live
VERB + ESTUARINE
become
ESTUARINE + NOUN
bays, dolphins, others, pentanemus, pollution, quinquarius
PREP.
than
ADV.
especially
Definitions
adj
Of or pertaining to an estuary.
1977, Sewell H. Hopkins, Sam R. Petrocelli, Limiting Factors Affecting the Commercial Fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Estuarine Pollution Control and Assessment: Proceedings of a Conference, Volume 1, page 179, The shellfishes, by far the most valuable part of gulf coast commercial fisheries, are even more estuarine than the finfishes.
The small lagoons of southern New Jersey receive an insignificant input of freshwater from watersheds of Cape May Peninsula compared to larger, more estuarine bays to the north (Kran 1975).
Formed in an estuary by alluvial deposition.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — of or relating to or found in estuaries
- estuarial
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
51977, Sewell H. Hopkins, Sam R. Petrocelli, Limiting Factors Affecting the Commercial Fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Estuarine Pollution Control and Assessment:
WiktionaryThe small lagoons of southern New Jersey receive an insignificant input of freshwater from watersheds of Cape May Peninsula compared to larger, more estuarine bays to the north (Kran 1975).
WiktionarySome species are more estuarine than others, for example Pseudotolithus typus replaces P. senegalensis as conditions become more estuarine and Pentanemus quinquarius replaces Galeoides decadactylus.
WiktionaryDolphins, and especially these estuarine dolphins, have a low birth rate, a slow growth rate and a slow reproductive rate.
Tatoeba · #9152530Estuarine dolphins can live in both saltwater and freshwater.
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