Estuarian

//ˌɛs.tjʊˈɛəɹi.ən// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Related to or characteristic of an estuary.

    "We would expect estuarian signatures to fall between the 87 Sr/ 86 Sr signature of the Amazon mouth and the global marine signature except very near the mouth of the Tocantins."

Synonyms

All synonyms
estuarineestuarine

Example

More examples

"We would expect estuarian signatures to fall between the 87 Sr/ 86 Sr signature of the Amazon mouth and the global marine signature except very near the mouth of the Tocantins."

Etymology

From estuary + -ian.

More for "estuarian"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.