stenohaline

[sten-uh-hal-ahyn, -hey-lahyn]

adjective

(of an aquatic organism) unable to withstand wide variation in salinity of the surrounding water.

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British Dictionary definitions for stenohaline

stenohaline

adjective

(of certain aquatic animals) able to exist only within a narrow range of salinityCompare euryhaline

Word Origin for stenohaline

C20: from steno- + haline, from Greek hals salt + -ine 1

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