osmoconform

English

Etymology

osmo- +‎ conform

Verb

osmoconform (third-person singular simple present osmoconforms, present participle osmoconforming, simple past and past participle osmoconformed)

  1. (biology, of an organism) To maintain its internal salinity such that it is always equal to the surrounding seawater
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