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freshwater

 adjective
     
Related topics: Nature, Biology, Oceanography
fresh‧wa‧ter [only before noun]
1DN having water that contains no salt [↪ saltwater]:
freshwater lakes
2DN living in water that contains no salt [↪ saltwater]:
freshwater crabs
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