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brackish water

noun

Etymology

From brackish + water.

  1. inherited from *wódr̥✻ — “water”
  2. inherited from *watōr✻ — “water”
  3. inherited from *watar✻
  4. inherited from wæter — “water”
  5. inherited from water
  6. formed as brackish water — “brackish + water”

Definitions

  1. Water whose salinity falls between that of fresh water and that of seawater.

    • White Slough is a large tidal wetland full of brackish water from the Napa River that flows into the city of Vallejo from under Highway 37.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for brackish water. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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