estuarine [es-choo-uh-rahyn, -er-in] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
Origin of estuarine First recorded in 1840–50; estuar(y) + -ine1 Related formsin·ter·es·tu·a·rine, adjectivesub·es·tu·a·rine, adjective Examples from the Web for estuarine Historical Examples of estuarine
None of the rivers, except in the estuarine parts, is navigable.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8
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Limestone and marine beds in the south are replaced by sandy and estuarine beds in the north.
Peter Gray
A soft jet is obtained from the estuarine series of the Lower Oolites of Yorkshire.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 3
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Slowly this sea shallowed, giving rise to the alternating estuarine marine and freshwater deposits of the Coal Measures.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4
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It is an estuarine deposit like that mentioned above as occurring in the Wash off Heacham, for instance.
T. McKenny Huges
British Dictionary definitions for estuarine estuarine adjective
- formed or deposited in an estuaryestuarine muds
- growing in, inhabiting, or found in an estuaryan estuarine fauna