Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oligosaline

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oligos-aline
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a body of water, of low salinity.

Example Sentences

"Of wetlands we studied in summer 1992 (Wollheim and Lovvoru 1995, 1996), the oligosaline wetlands have had much more stable salinities over the last five years than have the mesosaline wetlands."

Etymology

From oligo- + saline.

Frequently Paired Words

mesosaline

Questions

What does oligosaline mean?: Of a body of water, of low salinity.
Where does oligosaline come from?: From oligo- + saline.

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