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FISHTERM bilingual dictionary Search results for 'Estuarine' (1 record(s))


RECORD 1

RECORD No. 252
AUTHOR ELAD D. F.
DATE OF CREATION
LAST UPDATE 2023-03-25 00:00:00


FRENCH
SUBJECT FIELD
Navigation fluviale FISHTERM subject field hierarchy     (Hiérarchie : Halieutique > Navigation aquatique > Navigation fluviale)
TERM * Saumâtre
statut: préféré
PART OF SPEECH adjectif
ETYMOLOGY ÉTYM. 1298, saumastre; lat. pop. *salmaster, lat. class. salmacidus ; Mot du fonds primitif issu du latin populaire salmaster, ‘au gout salé’ ; du latin classique sal, ‘sel’.
ETYMOLOGY SOURCE
Antidote bilingual 10 v2.1 (2019).
Grand Robert de la langue française, en 6 volumes version 2.0 (2005).
DEFINITION Qui est mêlé à de l’eau de mer - qui est constitué d'un mélange d'eau douce et d'eau de mer.
PLURAL Saumâtres ;

DEFINITION SOURCE
Antidote bilingual 10 v2.1 (2019).
Grand Robert de la langue française, en 6 volumes version 2.0 (2005).

ENGLISH
SUBJECT FIELD
River navigation FISHTERM subject field hierarchy     (Hierarchy: Fisheries > Aquatic navigation > River navigation)
TERM * Estuarine
statut: préféré ;
* Brackish (adjective)
statut: admis
PART OF SPEECH adjective
ETYMOLOGY Brackish: From brack and -⁠ish; from Middle Dutch brac, ‘briny’; mid 16th cent.: from obsolete brack ‘salty’, from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch brac. estuarine: From estuary and -⁠ine; from Classical Latin aestuarium, ‘beach’.
ETYMOLOGY SOURCE
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (8th ed.) (2010).
Antidote bilingual 10 v2.1 (2019).
DEFINITION of or referring to an estuary. (of water) slightly salty. In-between marine and freshwater.
DEFINITION SOURCE
Antidote bilingual 10 v2.1 (2019).
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (8th ed.) (2010).

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1. Law No. 94/01 of 20 January 1994 to lay down forestry, wildlife and fisheries regulations in Cameroon, article 4:

" Fishery resources, within the context of this law, means fish, seafood, molluscs and algae from the marine, estuarine and fresh water environments, including sedentary animals in such environments. "