estuarine

[ es-choo-uh-rahyn, -er-in ]

adjective

formed in an estuary.
found in estuaries.

Origin of estuarine

First recorded in 1840–50; estuar(y) + -ine¹

Other words from estuarine

in·ter·es·tu·a·rine, adjective
sub·es·tu·a·rine, adjective

Words Nearby estuarine

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How to use estuarine in a sentence

The site was estuarine, which means fresh and salt waters were mingling.
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Slowly this sea shallowed, giving rise to the alternating estuarine marine and freshwater deposits of the Coal Measures.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 | Various
Thus in these lowland or estuarine peat-mosses the moss eventually occupies the water, and goes on growing.
The Romance of Plant Life | G. F. Scott Elliot
The chief interest in estuarine conditions is the mingling of sea and fresh water.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 | Various
We might therefore expect to find coal wherever strata of estuarine origin are developed in great mass.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 | Various

Whether these are marine, lacustrine, or estuarine deposits, there is hardly sufficient evidence to show.
Early Days in North Queensland | Edward Palmer

British Dictionary definitions for estuarine

estuarine

/ (ˈɛstjʊəˌraɪn, -rɪn) /

adjective

formed or deposited in an estuary: estuarine muds
growing in, inhabiting, or found in an estuary: an estuarine fauna

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