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stenohaline

stenohaline adjective: tolerant of only a narrow range of saltwater concentrations. Used of aquatic organisms.

Adjective

stenohaline (comparative more stenohaline, superlative most stenohaline)

  1. Tolerant of only a narrow range of saltwater concentrations. Used of aquatic organisms

Forms of stenohaline

comparativemore stenohaline
superlativemost stenohaline

Origin of stenohaline

From steno- + haline.

Questions about stenohaline

What does stenohaline mean?
Stenohaline means tolerant of only a narrow range of saltwater concentrations. Used of aquatic organisms.
What part of speech is stenohaline?
Stenohaline is an adjective.

Words near stenohaline in the dictionary

  1. stenographist
  2. stenographists
  3. stenographs
  4. stenography
  5. stenogs
  6. stenohaline
  7. stenoid
  8. stenokous
  9. stenoky
  10. stenolaemate
  11. stenometer

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