streamside

noun

stream·​side ˈstrēm-ˌsīd How to pronounce streamside (audio)
: the land bordering on a stream

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So, in this experiment, Roberts and her students cleared around two acres of grass and poison ivy and shrubs and just kind of weedy non-native species from a streamside that was on campus. Sophie McNulty, Scientific American, 13 June 2024 Workers raised sturgeon eggs and larvae in streamside rearing facilities for protection, then released into local waters. Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 6 Jan. 2023 Some of the most beleaguered populations are those that lie downstream from dams or in areas where land clearing or livestock grazing has eliminated streamside vegetation, including the trees whose roots buttress platypus burrows. April Reese, Discover Magazine, 20 May 2019 Nombre de Dios streamside frog, an amphibian that suffers from logging and deforestation related to agriculture. Susan Cosier, Scientific American, 31 May 2022 See all Example Sentences for streamside 

Word History

First Known Use

1844, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of streamside was in 1844

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“Streamside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/streamside. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.

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