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anchialine

anchialine adjective: being or relating to a landlocked body of water with a subterranean connection to the ocean.

Adjective

anchialine (not comparable)

  1. Being or relating to a landlocked body of water with a subterranean connection to the ocean.

Origin of anchialine

From Ancient Greek ἀγχίαλος (ankhíalos, “near the sea”), from ἄγχι (ánkhi) and ἅλς (háls), + -ine.

Questions about anchialine

What does anchialine mean?
Anchialine means being or relating to a landlocked body of water with a subterranean connection to the ocean.
What part of speech is anchialine?
Anchialine is an adjective.

Words near anchialine in the dictionary

  1. anchariids
  2. Anchediva
  3. Ancheta
  4. Anchetas
  5. anchi-
  6. anchialine
  7. anchient
  8. anchieutectic
  9. anchihaline
  10. anchimeric
  11. anchimeric assistance

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