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oligohaline

oligohaline adjective: containing little salt.

Adjective

oligohaline (not comparable)

  1. Containing little salt.

Origin of oligohaline

From oligo- + haline.

Questions about oligohaline

What does oligohaline mean?
Oligohaline means containing little salt.
What part of speech is oligohaline?
Oligohaline is an adjective.

Words near oligohaline in the dictionary

  1. oligoguanines
  2. oligoguluronate
  3. oligoguluronates
  4. oligogynous
  5. oligogyny
  6. oligohaline
  7. oligoheteromeric
  8. oligohexamer
  9. oligohexameric
  10. oligohexamers
  11. oligohidrosis

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