Fresh-water /(?)/

Fresh·-wa·ter

Fresh-water

a.
  1. Of, pertaining to, or living in, water which is not salty; as, fresh-water geological deposits; a fresh-water fish; fresh-water mussels.
  2. Accustomed to sail on fresh water only; unskilled as a seaman; as, a fresh-water sailor.
  3. Unskilled; raw. [Colloq.]