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brackish

adjective as in somewhat salty

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The biologically-diverse, brackish ecosystems are idyllic for birdwatching, kayaking, and fishing—a secret discovery zone set just off from the beaches.

In particular, as blue power plants mix fresh and salty water, they discharge something in between called brackish water.

Its mix of fresh, brackish and salt water — together with mostly moderate winds and temperatures — makes it a magnet for sailors and fishermen.

With their luxuriant canopies and pillar-like roots extending deep into brackish water, mangroves provide shelter for small fish and help clean coasts.

All the ancient, fishy lamprey larvae were found in saltwater environments, Miyashita says, from brackish lakes to lagoons to offshore river deltas.

A brackish breeze blew off the Black Sea, mixing with rotting garbage, human sweat, cheap cleaning products, and undefined fumes.

I am bored to death, to extinction; my thoughts are the colour of that water which flows over yonder, brackish and heavy.

This animal is fond of brackish water, therefore he most commonly inhabits those rivers which border on the sea.

Captain Stirling examined them both: the former to its source, the latter beyond the point where the water ceased to be brackish.

They were marooned on a desert island with practically nothing to eat and nothing but brackish swamp water to drink.

Often the only water they had to drink was supplied by "brackish" ponds, whose surface was covered with greenish slime.

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On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to brackish, such as: briny, saline, salted, saltish, salty, and slightly salty.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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