estuary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone.
An ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water.

name

/ˈɛstjʊəɹi/ /ˈɛst͡ʃʊəɹi/ /ˈɛst͡ʃəɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-estuary.wav /ˈɛst͡ʃuˌɛɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-estuary.wav

estuary estuaries æstuary

From Latin aestuarium (“creek”, “estuary of a river”).

aestuous estuate estuation exestuate exestuation ecotone

estuarial estuarian estuaried Estuary English estuary seahorse palaeoestuary subestuary

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