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midlittoral

midlittoral adjective: in the middle part of a seashore.

Adjective

midlittoral (not comparable)

  1. In the middle part of a seashore.
    • In each sector, three sampling sites (100s m apart from each other) were randomly selected for the surveys of benthic assemblages on rocky reefs from the lower midlittoral and the shallow infralittoral.2016 February 13, “The Challenge of Planning Conservation Strategies in Threatened Seascapes: Understanding the Role of Fine Scale Assessments of Community Response to Cumulative Human Pressures”, in...

Origin of midlittoral

From mid- + littoral.

Questions about midlittoral

What does midlittoral mean?
Midlittoral means in the middle part of a seashore.
What part of speech is midlittoral?
Midlittoral is an adjective.

Words near midlittoral in the dictionary

  1. midlines
  2. midling
  3. midlings
  4. midlingual
  5. midlist
  6. midlittoral
  7. midlives
  8. midlobe
  9. midlobes
  10. midlogarithmic
  11. midlong

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