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saltwater

 adjective
     
Related topics: Biology, Oceanography
salt‧wa‧ter [only before noun]
1HEO living in salty water or in the sea [≠ freshwater]:
saltwater fish
2 containing salt water [≠ freshwater]:
a saltwater lake
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