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brackish

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
brackish/ˈbrakɪʃ/

▶adjective (of water) slightly salty, as in river estuaries.

■ living in or requiring brackish water.

– derivatives
brackishness noun.

– origin C16: from obs. brack ‘salty’, from Mid. Low Ger., MDu. brac.

'brackish' also found in these Oxford entries:

glass eel - killifish - marsh mallow

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