Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

What does hypersaline mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word hypersaline? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Having an abnormally high salinity.
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder

New Story Writing Game!

Win Amazon gift cards by writing simple stories at Fictish, a new story writing game backed by WordHippo.

Examples
Permanent unvegetated salt pans with hypersaline soils are typical of upper marsh habitats.
Thus Triassic stratigraphy is mostly based on organisms that lived in lagoons and hypersaline environments, such as Estheria crustaceans.
The cladocerans are excellent osmoregulators, occurring in freshwater to hypersaline environments.
They are found in a wide range of habitats, ranging from seagrass meadows in hypersaline lagoons to brackish pools highly influenced by freshwater runoff or rainfall.
Encystment is an outstanding feature of the complex life cycle of this crustacean adapted to life in marine salterns and inland hypersaline lakes all over the world.
The occurrence of authigenic zeolites suggests deposition in hypersaline lacustrine waters in closed basins.

See Also

Nearby Definitions
11-letter Words Starting With
Find Definitions
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2026