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epeiric

epeiric adjective: describing the part of a sea that lies over a continental shelf.

Adjective

epeiric (comparative more epeiric, superlative most epeiric)

  1. Describing the part of a sea that lies over a continental shelf

Forms of epeiric

comparativemore epeiric
superlativemost epeiric

Origin of epeiric

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἤπειρος (ḗpeiros) or a related word (+ -ic).

Questions about epeiric

What does epeiric mean?
Epeiric means describing the part of a sea that lies over a continental shelf.
What part of speech is epeiric?
Epeiric is an adjective.

Words near epeiric in the dictionary

  1. epeeists
  2. epeen
  3. epeens
  4. epees
  5. Epeiph
  6. epeiric
  7. epeirid
  8. epeirids
  9. epeirogenesis
  10. epeirogenetic
  11. epeirogenic

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