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reefless

reefless adjective: having no reefs.

Adjective

reefless (not comparable)

  1. Having no reefs.
    • The reefless tract directly behind the ribbon reefs on the outer shelf off Cooktown supports a luxuriant growth of Halimeda that, during the Holocene, has developed into bioherms.1988 March, John F. Marshall & Peter J. Davies, “Halimeda bioherms of the northern Great Barrier Reef”, in SpringerLink

Origin of reefless

From reef + -less.

Questions about reefless

What does reefless mean?
Reefless means having no reefs.
What part of speech is reefless?
Reefless is an adjective.

Words near reefless in the dictionary

  1. reefiest
  2. reefing
  3. reefing bowsprit
  4. reefing bowsprits
  5. reefings
  6. reefless
  7. reeflike
  8. reefline
  9. reeflines
  10. reefpoint
  11. reefpoints

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