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Adjective: brackish  bra-kish
  1. Slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)
    "a brackish lagoon";
    - briny, brak [S.Africa]
     
  2. Distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture
    "a thin brackish gruel"

See also: salt, salty, unpalatable

Encyclopedia: Brackish