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mesosaline

mesosaline adjective: of a body of water, of intermediate salinity.

Adjective

mesosaline (not comparable)

  1. Of a body of water, of intermediate salinity.
    • Of wetlands we studied in summer 1992 (Wollheim and Lovvoru 1995, 1996), the oligosaline wetlands have had much more stable salinities over the last five years than have the mesosaline wetlands.1999, Darold P. Batzer, Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America

Origin of mesosaline

From meso- + saline.

Questions about mesosaline

What does mesosaline mean?
Mesosaline means of a body of water, of intermediate salinity.
What part of speech is mesosaline?
Mesosaline is an adjective.

Words near mesosaline in the dictionary

  1. mesorostral
  2. mesorostrine
  3. mesorrhine
  4. mesorrhiny
  5. mesors
  6. mesosaline
  7. mesosalphinx
  8. mesosalpinges
  9. mesosalpinx
  10. mesosaur
  11. mesosaurid

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