stenohaline

[ sten-uh-hal-ahyn, -hey-lahyn ]

adjective

1. (of an aquatic organism) unable to withstand wide variation in salinity of the surrounding water.

stenohaline

/ -laɪn; ˌstɛnəʊˈheɪliːn /

adjective

1. (of certain aquatic animals) able to exist only within a narrow range of salinity Compare euryhaline

Word History and Origins

Origin of stenohaline¹

First recorded in 1925–30; steno- ( def ) + Greek hálinos “made of or from salt”; salt ¹( def )

Word History and Origins

Origin of stenohaline¹

C20: from steno- + haline, from Greek hals salt + -ine ¹