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submergent

submergent adjective: underwater; submerged; aquatic.

Adjective

submergent (not comparable)

  1. underwater; submerged; aquatic
    • Recent uplift of the Maine and Oregon coasts has not been enough to "undrown" the larger valleys; the shorelines are still submergent.1971, George Finiel Adams, Jerome Wyckoff, Landforms, page 143

Words that rhyme with submergent

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Questions about submergent

What does submergent mean?
Submergent means underwater; submerged; aquatic.
What part of speech is submergent?
Submergent is an adjective.

Words near submergent in the dictionary

  1. submergedness
  2. submergement
  3. submergements
  4. submergence
  5. submergences
  6. submergent
  7. submerger
  8. submergers
  9. submerges
  10. submergible
  11. submergibles

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