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Definition of freshwater adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

freshwater

adjective
 
/ˈfreʃwɔːtə(r)/
 
/ˈfreʃwɔːtər/
 [only before noun]
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  1. living in water that is not the sea and does not contain salt
    • freshwater fish
    Topics Fish and shellfishb2
  2. having water that does not contain salt
    • freshwater lakes
    compare salt waterTopics Geographyb2
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