Fresh-water Definition

adjective

Alternative spelling of freshwater.

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noun

Water with a very low content of dissolved salt, as opposed to brackish water or salt water.

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Other Word Forms of Fresh-water

Noun

Singular:
fresh-water
Plural:
fresh waters

Fresh-water Sentence Examples

  • The fisheries are all fresh-water, principally white-fish, pickerel and pike.

  • This genus comprises fresh-water polyps of simple structure.

  • Fresh-water pearls of considerable value and beauty are found in the Red Cedar river.

  • The fresh-water snails which are not Pulmonates are the Paludinidae, Valvatidae and Ampullaridae, together with Neritina, a genus of the Neritidae.

  • Fish taken in the lakes include perch, pike, char and trout in Windermere, Ennerdale, Bassenthwaite, Derwentwater, &c., and the gwyniad or fresh-water herring in Ullswater.

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