anchihaline

English

Alternative forms

• anchialine

Etymology

Apparently coined from Ancient Greek ἄγχι (ánkhi, “near”) + ἅλινος (hálinos, “saline”).

Adjective

anchihaline (comparative more anchihaline, superlative most anchihaline)

1. Pertaining to independent or semi-independent bodies of water near to the sea, especially in coastal hollows.
   • 2015 July 31, “Morphologically Cryptic Amphipod Species Are “Ecological Clones” at Regional but Not at Local Scale: A Case Study of Four Niphargus Species”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     These included other Niphargus species from deep cave lakes and coastal anchihaline caves [23 ] and Gammarus and Echinogammarus amphipods that live only in permanently watered streams [21 ,24 ].