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What is "estuarine"

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Estuarine

Estuarine \Es"tu*a*rine\, a. Pertaining to an estuary; estuary.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
estuarine

1835, from estuary on model of marine (adj.); see -ine (1).

Wiktionary
estuarine

a. 1 Of or pertaining to an estuary 2 (context geology English) Formed in an estuary by alluvial deposition

WordNet
estuarine

adj. of or relating to or found in estuaries [syn: estuarial]

Usage examples of "estuarine".

On the other side of the lake, behind one of the steel grilles, a large estuarine crocodile was wrestling with a group of sailors trying to drive it off.

These estuarine marshes would fill with eroded soils, while at the same time they were getting saltier, along with the North Sea itself.