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euryhaline

[ yoor-i-hey-lahyn, -hal-ahyn ]

adjective

Biology.
  1. (of an aquatic organism) tolerating a wide range of salinity.


euryhaline

/ -laɪn; ˌjʊərɪˈheɪliːn /

adjective

  1. (of certain aquatic animals) able to tolerate a wide range of salinity Compare stenohaline
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of euryhaline1

First recorded in 1885–90; eury- ( def ) + Greek áԴDz “made of or from salt”; salt 1( def )

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