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mid-shelf

mid-shelf adjective: in the middle of a shelf.

Adjective

mid-shelf (not comparable)

  1. In the middle of a shelf.
    • This region, located approximately 70 km off the coast of Townsville, is characterized by the presence of semi-isolated midshelf reefs (5–15 km apart) separated by relatively deep sandy channels (40–70 m).2016 February 4, “Evidence of Partial Migration in a Large Coastal Predator: Opportunistic Foraging and Reproduction as Key Drivers?”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
  2. Of medium quality.

Forms of mid-shelf

alternative formmidshelf

Origin of mid-shelf

From mid- + shelf.

Questions about mid-shelf

What does mid-shelf mean?
Mid-shelf means in the middle of a shelf.
What part of speech is mid-shelf?
Mid-shelf is an adjective.

Words near mid-shelf in the dictionary

  1. mid-season
  2. mid-season form
  3. mid-seasons
  4. mid-sentence
  5. mid-September
  6. mid-shelf
  7. mid-size
  8. mid-sized
  9. mid-sizes
  10. mid-spring
  11. mid-springs

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