Huey Newton

You can tell the tree by the fruit it bears. You see it through what the organization is delivering as far as a concrete program. If the tree's fruit sours or grows brackish, then the time has come to chop it down - bury it and walk over it and plant new seeds.

American Activist

Adrienne Mayor

In April 2001, I visited Big Bone Lick State Park in Kentucky. The heaps of mastodon and other large skeletons that used to loom out of the brackish backwaters along the Ohio River here are long gone, though the occasional big bone sometimes comes to light.

American Historian

Susie Dent

Why use salty when you can have brackish? It carries a sense of part-water, part-salt, too, just like the sea.

English Scientist

Often used to describe water in environments where sea and fresh water mix, like estuaries.

Natural Habitats

Some fish are kept in brackish aquariums; know this if discussing fishkeeping.

Aquarium Care

Remember, 'brackish' implies that the water isn't suitable for drinking or agriculture.

Not Freshwater

When used about food or taste, it often implies an off-putting or poor quality.

Negative Connotation

Can indicate the overall quality of experiences, not just associated with food.

Not Just Taste

It sometimes describes a sensory perception that's slightly off or spoiled.

Sensory Implications

 If most marine fish entered brackish coastal waters, their cells would swell with freshwater in a lethal explosion. But when glass eels reach the coast, their kidneys shift to retain more salt and maintain their blood’s salinity levels.

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 Orient's itself into the current so these fish feed okay with their pectoral fins out this is flying through the water historically sturgeon get much of their food from the ocean they actually do go into the saltwater the brackish

Brackish