freshwater

[US]/'freʃwɔːtə/
[UK]/'frɛʃwɔtɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. of or relating to water that contains very little salt, typically found in lakes and rivers

Phrases & Collocations

freshwater lake

freshwater fish

freshwater ecology

Example Sentences

freshwater and marine fish.

freshwater fish; freshwater lakes.

marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae

a lake fed by a freshwater inflow.

the freshwater shrimp becomes scarce in soft water.

small freshwater sculpin of Europe and North America.

Baits: Crab, worm, Bass yabby, freshwater yabby, chicken.

Coal is formed from the remains of freshwater plants.

small freshwater crustaceans with a shield-shaped carapace

The one sawfish species that did not receive the highest level of protection is a freshwater sawfish found in Australia.

small freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with many appendages;

Objective To study the infection of freshwater fishes with the encysted metacercaria of Clonorchis sinensis.

A freshwater food and game fish(Stizostedium vitreum) of North America, having large staring eyes.

small freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with many appendages; swims on its back.

primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue.

peripheral division The division of freshwater fishes very tolerant of salty water, such as salmon, plotosid catfish, sticklebacks, and gobies.

Freshwater and suitable concentration of formalin, copper sulfate and sodium salinomycin were the better way to prevent and cure Cryptocaryoniosis.

A freshwater fish (Anabas testudineus) of tropical Asia, having modified gills allowing it to breathe air and pectoral fins adapted for traveling on land.

Benthos The organisms that live on the bottom sediments of freshwater and marine ecosystems. They include plants and algae (phytobenthos) that grow below low tide mark.

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