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sublittoral en · ADJ

Etymology

From sub- + littoral.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) In the portion of the littoral zone (the shore) that is permanently but shallowly inundated (water-covered).
   • 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:
   • Near-synonyms: neritic (often not differentiated); infralittoral, circalittoral, subtidal (precisely meronymous)

Coordinates

supralittoral · pelagic · hadal · circumlittoral · eulittoral · abyssal · bathyal

Deriveds

sublittorally

Hypernyms

marine · coastal · aquatic · underwater · littoral

Synonyms

neritic · infralittoral · circalittoral · subtidal

Translations (1)

ga fo-chladachúil (under the shore)

sublittoral en · NOUN

Etymology

From sub- + littoral.

Meanings

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

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