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Definition of freshwater adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

freshwater

adjective

NAmE//ˈfrɛʃˌwɔt̮ər//

, NAmE//ˈfrɛʃˌwɑt̮ər//

[only before noun]

1living in water that is not the ocean and is not salty freshwater fish

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2having water that is not salty freshwater lakes compare salt water

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