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单词 estuarine
释义

estuarine

adjective

es·​tu·​a·​rine ˈes-chə-(wə-)ˌrīn How to pronounce estuarine (audio)
-ˌrēn,
-ˌrin,
ˈesh-
: of, relating to, or formed in an estuary
estuarine currents
estuarine animals

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Avoid exposing open wounds, cuts, or scratches to seawater or estuarine water. Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 11 July 2022 The Weeks Bay Reserve is one of 30 estuarine reserves around the country. Margaret Kates | Mkates@al.com, al, 11 July 2022 That plant has already exceeded its yearly limits for nutrients like phosphorous, which clog bay ecosystems with algae that robs estuarine life of oxygen. Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2022 The iconic marsh, however, is only one of the Everglades’ several distinct habitats, which also include pine rocklands, tropical hardwood hammocks, mangrove forests and marine and estuarine areas. New York Times, 21 Feb. 2022 Until now, Connecticut was one of the few remaining coastal states without an estuarine reserve system. Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 14 Jan. 2022 Warmer water holds less dissolved oxygen, and, all the while, estuarine animals require more oxygen to stay alive. Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 1 Dec. 2021 Lake Maracaibo, spanning some 5,019 square miles in northwestern Venezuela, is an estuarine lake — meaning the fresh water it was filled with thousands of years ago converges with the Caribbean’s salty seawater. Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2021 According to the California Water Quality Monitoring Council, the cyanobacteria and HABs can occur in both freshwater and estuarine waterbodies. Julia Musto, Fox News, 25 Aug. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

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