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polyhaline

polyhaline adjective: very brackish.

Adjective

polyhaline (not comparable)

  1. Very brackish

Origin of polyhaline

From poly- + haline.

Questions about polyhaline

What does polyhaline mean?
Polyhaline means very brackish.
What part of speech is polyhaline?
Polyhaline is an adjective.

Words near polyhaline in the dictionary

  1. polygyria
  2. polygyrid
  3. polygyrids
  4. polygyrous
  5. polyhaemia
  6. polyhaline
  7. polyhalite
  8. polyhalites
  9. polyhaloalkane
  10. polyhaloalkanes
  11. polyhalogenated

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