brackishwater

English

Noun

brackishwater (usually uncountable, plural brackishwaters)

  1. Alternative form of brackish water
    • 1991, V G Jhingran, Fish and fisheries of India, page 534:
      Recently, however, a system of fish and prawn farming has been developed in specially designed brackishwater ponds.
    • 2006, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, State of World Aquaculture, page 10:
      Some 63.1 percent of brackishwater production consists of penaeid shrimps.
    • 2006, Carl D Webster, Chhorn Lim, Tilapia: Biology, Culture, and Nutrition, page 371:
      Hybrids between O. mossambicus and other less-tolerant strains also show relatively fast growth rates in brackishwater and full-strength seawater.
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