reefless en · ADJ
Etymology
From reef + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) 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 14, John F. Marshall & Peter J. Davies, “Halimeda bioherms of the northern Great Barrier Reef”, in SpringerLink: