| Pronunciation: | | 'eschoo`eree
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| Matching Terms: | | estuarial, estuarine
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix |
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| | See Also: | | body of water, firth, La Plata, Para, Para River, Plata River, Rio de la Plata, river, water |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Es"tu*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Estuaries}. [L. aestuarium, from
aestuare to surge. See {Estuate}.] [Written also
{[ae]stuary}.]
1. A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth.
[Obs.] --Boyle.
2. A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide
meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith.
it to the sea was often by long and wide estuaries.
--Dana.
\Es"tu*a*ry\, a.
Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata.
--Lyell.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | An inlet or arm of the sea; especially the wide mouth of a river, where the tide meets the current. |
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| | Synonyms: | | pl. estuaries |
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