Hypertext Webster Gateway: "freshwater"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fresh-water \Fresh"-wa`ter\, a.
1. Of, pertaining to, or living in, water not salt; as,
fresh-water geological deposits; a fresh-water fish;
fresh-water mussels.
2. Accustomed to sail on fresh water only; unskilled as a
seaman; as, a fresh-water sailor.
3. Unskilled; raw. [Colloq.] ``Fresh-water soldiers.''
--Knolles.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
freshwater
adj : relating to or living in or consisting of water that is not
salty; "freshwater fish"; "freshwater lakes"
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