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| briny |
of or like brine or salt water; very salty. [1/2 definitions] |
| diadromous |
of certain fishes, migratory between fresh and salt water. [1/2 definitions] |
| freshet |
a stream that empties into a body of salt water. [1/2 definitions] |
| killifish |
any of several small fishes that are found esp. in brackish salt water or freshwater and are used for bait. |
| L. |
abbreviation of "Lake," a large, standing body of fresh or salt water that is surrounded on all sides by land (used in a proper name). |
| lake |
a large, standing body of fresh or salt water that is surrounded on all sides by land. |
| lamprey |
any of various eel-like fish, found in fresh and salt water, with a jawless, sucking mouth with which it attaches itself to other fish and sucks their blood; lamprey eel. |
| mariculture |
the cultivation, in salt water, of marine organisms. |
| ocean |
the vast expanse of salt water covering approximately three quarters of the earth's surface. [1/3 definitions] |
| plankton |
free-floating, usu. microscopic plant and animal life found in fresh or salt water. |
| reverse osmosis |
a method of filtering pure water molecules out of salt water or polluted water by forcing the water through a semipermeable membrane. |
| saltwater |
of, containing, or living in salt water. |
| sea |
the salt water covering most of the earth; ocean. [2/6 definitions] |
| seaweed |
any of a wide variety of algae that grow in water, esp. salt water. [1/3 definitions] |
| solar still |
a system or apparatus for purifying salt water by distilling it through the use of solar energy. |
| sturgeon |
any of various large fish with hard, smooth scales, found in fresh and salt waters of the Northern Hemisphere, and valued for their edible flesh and roe, which is a source of caviar. |
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