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anchihaline

anchihaline adjective: pertaining to independent or semi-independent bodies of water near to the sea, especially in coastal hollows.

Adjective

anchihaline (comparative more anchihaline, superlative most anchihaline)

  1. Pertaining to independent or semi-independent bodies of water near to the sea, especially in coastal hollows.
    • These included other Niphargus species from deep cave lakes and coastal anchihaline caves [23 ] and Gammarus and Echinogammarus amphipods that live only in permanently watered streams [21 ,24 ].2015 July 31, “Morphologically Cryptic Amphipod Species Are “Ecological Clones” at Regional but Not at Local Scale: A Case Study of Four Niphargus Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of anchihaline

comparativemore anchihaline
superlativemost anchihaline
alternative formanchialine

Origin of anchihaline

Apparently coined from Ancient Greek ἄγχι (ánkhi, “near”) + ἅλινος (hálinos, “saline”).

Questions about anchihaline

What does anchihaline mean?
Anchihaline means pertaining to independent or semi-independent bodies of water near to the sea, especially in coastal hollows.
What part of speech is anchihaline?
Anchihaline is an adjective.

Words near anchihaline in the dictionary

  1. Anchetas
  2. anchi-
  3. anchialine
  4. anchient
  5. anchieutectic
  6. anchihaline
  7. anchimeric
  8. anchimeric assistance
  9. anchimeric assistances
  10. anchimetamorphic
  11. anchimetamorphism

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