Dictionary

neritic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /nəˈɹɪtɪk/

Etymology

First attested in 1891. Borrowed from German neritisch, from Ancient Greek Νηρίτης (Nērítēs, “minor sea god”) + German -isch (“-ic”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to a marine environment of shallow waters.
   • Accessory benthic foraminiferal events reported by Berggren and Miller (1989) to occur in the late Eocene are the migrations into the bathyal realm from the neritic realm of planulinids and siphoninids. 2003, Donald R. Prothero, From Greenhouse to Icehouse: The Marine Eocene-Oligocene Transition:

Relateds

nerite

Synonyms

sublittoral

Translations (7)

fr néritique (Translations) · pl nerytyczny (Translations) · pt nerítico (Translations) · ro neritic (Translations) · es nerítico (Translations) · de neritisch (Translations) · it neritico (Translations)