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sublittoral

sublittoral adjective: in the portion of the littoral zone (the shore) that is permanently but shallowly inundated (water-covered).

Adjective

sublittoral (not comparable)

  1. In the portion of the littoral zone (the shore) that is permanently but shallowly inundated (water-covered).
    • Near-synonyms: neritic (often not differentiated); infralittoral, circalittoral, subtidal (precisely meronymous)
    • Fortunately, good seaweeding can also be done when the tide is not low, for frequently one encounters piles of drifted seaweeds cast up on the sand from the sublittoral region.1966, E. Yale Dawson, Seashore Plants of Southern Califonria, 3rd printing, Berkley: University of California Press, published 1975, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 7

Noun

sublittoral (plural sublittorals)

  1. The sublittoral area, just beyond (and lower-lying than) the portion of the shore that is not always inundated (water-covered).

Synonyms of sublittoral

Forms of sublittoral

pluralsublittorals

Origin of sublittoral

From sub- + littoral.

Words formed from sublittoral

Questions about sublittoral

What does sublittoral mean?
Sublittoral means in the portion of the littoral zone (the shore) that is permanently but shallowly inundated (water-covered).
What part of speech is sublittoral?
Sublittoral can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near sublittoral in the dictionary

  1. subliteratures
  2. sublitharenite
  3. sublitharenitic
  4. sublithistids
  5. sublithospheric
  6. sublittoral
  7. sublittorally
  8. sublittorals
  9. sublobar
  10. sublobate
  11. sublobular

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