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stenohaline
[ sten-uh-hal-ahyn, -hey-lahyn ]
adjective
- (of an aquatic organism) unable to withstand wide variation in salinity of the surrounding water.
stenohaline
/ -laɪn; ˌstɛnəʊˈheɪliːn /
adjective
- See euryhaline(of certain aquatic animals) able to exist only within a narrow range of salinity Compare euryhaline
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stenohaline1
First recorded in 1925–30; steno- ( def ) + Greek hálinos “made of or from salt”; salt 1( def )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stenohaline1
C20: from steno- + haline, from Greek hals salt + -ine 1
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