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circumlittoral

circumlittoral adjective: around, or bordering the shore.

Adjective

circumlittoral (comparative more circumlittoral, superlative most circumlittoral)

  1. Around, or bordering the shore.
  2. Describing the part of the sea bottom immediately beyond the littoral.

Forms of circumlittoral

comparativemore circumlittoral
superlativemost circumlittoral

Origin of circumlittoral

From circum- + littoral.

Questions about circumlittoral

What does circumlittoral mean?
Circumlittoral means around, or bordering the shore.
What part of speech is circumlittoral?
Circumlittoral is an adjective.

Words near circumlittoral in the dictionary

  1. circumlation
  2. circumlental
  3. circumlenticular
  4. circumlimbal
  5. circumlinear
  6. circumlittoral
  7. circumlocuitous
  8. circumlocuitously
  9. circumlocute
  10. circumlocuted
  11. circumlocutes

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