freshwater


Definition: Meaning of, freshwater in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈfrɛʃwɔːtə /

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  1. having water that contains no salt [↪  saltwater]
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  2. living in water that contains no salt [↪  saltwater]
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freshwater used in phrases

  • freshwater bass (noun)
    1. especially of the genus Micropterus any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh
    2. north American food and game fish
  • freshwater bream (noun)
    1. flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe
    2. but not exclusively any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially of the genus Lepomis
  • freshwater clam (noun)
    1. bivalve mollusk abundant in rivers of central United States
  • freshwater cordgrass (noun)
    1. north American cordgrass having leaves with dry membranous margins and glumes with long awns
  • freshwater eel (noun)
    1. eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to sea to spawn; found in Europe and America; marketed both fresh and smoked
  • freshwater fish (noun)
    1. flesh of fish from fresh water used as food
  • freshwater limpet (noun)
    1. minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants
  • freshwater mussel (noun)
    1. bivalve mollusk abundant in rivers of central United States
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