estuarine

Adjective

estuarine (comparative more estuarine, superlative most estuarine)

1. Of or pertaining to an estuary.
   • The shellfishes, by far the most valuable part of gulf coast commercial fisheries, are even more estuarine than the finfishes.1977, Sewell H. Hopkins, Sam R. Petrocelli, Limiting Factors Affecting the Commercial Fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Estuarine Pollution Control and...
   • The small lagoons of southern New Jersey receive an insignificant input of freshwater from watersheds of Cape May Peninsula compared to larger, more estuarine bays to the north (Kran 1975).1980, Joseph T. Kelley, “Sediment Introduction and Deposition in a Coastal Lagoon, Cape May, New Jersey”, in Victor S Kennedy, editor, Estuarine Perspectives, Academic Press, page 379
2. Formed in an estuary by alluvial deposition.