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littorals

littorals is the plural of littoral.

Meaning of littoral

Noun

littoral (plural littorals)

  1. A shore, coastline, or coast.
    • […] these Chams belonged to the Malay-Polynesian group and their distribution along the littoral suggests that they were invaders from the sea […]1921, Sir Charles Eliot, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
  2. The zone of a coast between high tide and low tide levels.
    • The night was considerably clearer than anybody on board her desired when the schooner Ventura headed for the land. It rose in places, black and sharp against the velvety indigo, over her dipping bow, though most of the low littoral was wrapped in obscurity.1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 6, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    intertidal zone, foreshore, littoral range

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Questions about littorals

What is littorals the plural of?
Littorals is the plural of littoral.

Words near littorals in the dictionary

  1. littoral
  2. littoral cave
  3. littoral zone
  4. littoral zones
  5. littoralization
  6. littorals
  7. littorarian
  8. littorarians
  9. littorine
  10. littorinid
  11. littorinids

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