Definition of Stenohaline

1. Adjective. Tolerant of only a narrow range of saltwater concentrations. Used of aquatic organisms. ¹

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Definition of Stenohaline

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stenohaline

stenogastrine
stenogastrines
stenograph
stenographed
stenographer
stenographers
stenographic
stenographical
stenographies
stenographing
stenographist
stenographists
stenographs
stenography
stenogs
stenokies
stenokous
stenoky
stenonite
stenopaic
stenophagous
stenophyllous
stenopterygius
stenos
stenosed
stenoses
stenosis
stenotherm
stenothermal

Literary usage of Stenohaline

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Geology of the Non-metallic Mineral Deposits Other Than Silicates by Amadeus William Grabau (1920)
"Bone beds consisting largely of fish remains have been formed in the past, where an invasion of the sea water into the estuaries killed the stenohaline ..."

2. Einleitung in die Geologie als historische Wissenschaft: Beobachtungen über by Johannes Walther (1894)
"stenohaline Organismen sind solche, welche nur bei dem normalen Salzgehalt von 3—4 °/o zu leben vermögen, und bei einer ..."

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