Estuaries are home to unique plant and animal communities that have adapted to brackish water.
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Brackish
/ˈbɹækɪʃ/
Synonyms for "brackish" (42 found)
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2 entriessalinitywater quality
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2 entriesbrackish waterslightly salty water
Collocations
5 entriesbrackish estuarybrackish marshbrackish pondbrackish tastebrackish water
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2 entriesmore brackishmost brackish
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2 entriessimilar
2 entriesSample sentences
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The mangrove ecosystem is a unique type of wetland that is adapted to brackish water.
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...by a low courſe and too long ſporting with the briny Ocean it taſts brackiſh and inſalubrious...
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1992, Joyce Carol Oates, Black Water, Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 4. On all sides a powerful brackish marshland odor, the odor of damp, and decay, and black earth, black water.
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