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brackishbrack‧ish /ˈbrækɪʃ/ adjective   brackishOrigin: 1500-1600 Dutch brac ‘salty’ - A layer of photosynthetic bacteria lives permanently on the boundary between brackish and highly saline water.
- All these tropical areas have their own brackish flora and fauna, but few if any are known in the trade.
- Although most of the levels are freshwater, some are brackish in their more southerly parts.
- Amazon and others World-wide examples of these brackish waters abound.
- Fresh or brackish lakes and lagoons, usually reed-fringed, also marshes.
- My brackish water tank is built into a wall.
- These fishes do best in brackish or salt water.
- They hunt for camel meat by putting land mines around the region's brackish waterholes.
NOUN► water· My brackish water tank is built into a wall.· The gaoler returned hours later with a cup of brackish water, a bowl of badly-cooked meat and hard, stale bread.· Breed exclusively by fresh and brackish water and marshes; often in coastal waters on migration.· To be expected on sandy or gravelly shores where there is flushing with fresh or brackish water.· Arius are brackish water to marine fish, which means a tank especially for them.· It also has a slight preference for brackish water.· Beds representing marine invasions may contain marine shells or brackish water shells, thus giving an indication of local conditions.· Articles and books on brackish water fishkeeping are few and far between. brackish water is not pure because it is slightly salty |