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Freshwater vs Unio - What's the difference?

freshwater | unio |

As nouns the difference between freshwater and unio

is that freshwater is a body of fresh water while unio is any of the genus of freshwater mussels.

As an adjective freshwater

is living in fresh water.

freshwater

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Living in fresh water.
    • freshwater fish
  • * '>citation
  • (nautical) Unskilled as seaman.
    • freshwater sailor

    Noun

    (wikipedia freshwater) (en noun)
  • A body of fresh water

    • unio

    English

    (wikipedia unio)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the genus of freshwater mussels.
  • * 1894 , Sleep of mollusks'' (in ''Popular Science , volume 45, number 1, May 1894, page 99)
    • In June, 1850, a living pond mussel was sent to Dr. Gray from Australia which had been kept out of water more than a year, and instances of the survival of unios without moisture for long periods are not rare.

    External links

    * * ("unio" species on Wikimedia) * (comcatlite) * ----