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back-reef

back-reef is the alternative form of backreef.

Meaning of backreef

Noun

backreef (plural backreefs)

  1. A lagoon found in a coral reef ecosystem.

Forms of back-reef

pluralback-reefs

Questions about back-reef

What is back-reef the alternative form of?
Back-reef is the alternative form of backreef.

Words near back-reef in the dictionary

  1. back-pressure
  2. back-rank mate
  3. back-rank mates
  4. back-rapper
  5. back-rappers
  6. back-reef
  7. back-reference
  8. back-references
  9. back-rower
  10. back-rowers
  11. back-scatter

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