estuarine

[ es-choo-uh-rahyn, -er-in ]

adjective

1. formed in an estuary.
2. found in estuaries.

Other Words From

• inter·estu·a·rine adjective
• sub·estu·a·rine adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of estuarine¹

First recorded in 1840–50; estuar(y) + -ine ¹

Example Sentences

The site was estuarine, which means fresh and salt waters were mingling.

From Popular-Science

Slowly this sea shallowed, giving rise to the alternating estuarine marine and freshwater deposits of the Coal Measures.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus in these lowland or estuarine peat-mosses the moss eventually occupies the water, and goes on growing.

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The chief interest in estuarine conditions is the mingling of sea and fresh water.

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We might therefore expect to find coal wherever strata of estuarine origin are developed in great mass.

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Whether these are marine, lacustrine, or estuarine deposits, there is hardly sufficient evidence to show.

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