brackish

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Genetic and physical analyses confirmed that the species belongs to the genus Diplolaimelloides, a group typically found in coastal marine and brackish waters.

From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2026

Just outside the city, it is pumping brackish groundwater from wells and discharging it into the Nueces River, which flows into a water treatment plant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

It has brackish waters, a mix of fresh and salt.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

The fish thrive in brackish water, but can also survive in fresh and salt water.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2024

Lee, once he had given up his brackish bookish dream, made a new kind of place for himself in the house beside Reynaud’s Bakery.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck