oligosaline

English

Etymology

oligo- +‎ saline

Adjective

oligosaline (not comparable)

1. Of a body of water, of low salinity.
   • 1999, Darold P. Batzer, Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America:

     Of wetlands we studied in summer 1992 (Wollheim and Lovvoru 1995, 1996), the oligosaline wetlands have had much more stable salinities over the last five years than have the mesosaline wetlands.

Coordinate terms

• mesosaline

Anagrams

• oligosilane