Littoral
['lɪt(ə)r(ə)l] or ['lɪtərəl]
Definition
(noun.) the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean.
(adj.) of or relating to a coastal or shore region .
Editor: Maggie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea.
(a.) Inhabiting the seashore, esp. the zone between high-water and low-water mark.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Of the shore.
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Definition
adj. belonging to the sea-shore.—n. the strip of land along it.—Littoral zone the interval on a sea-coast between high and low water mark.
Typist: Vivienne
Examples
- These remarks apply chiefly to littoral and sublittoral deposits. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- In 1847, too, Russia began her tremendous march eastward into Central Asia, just as France was solidifying her first gains on the littoral of northern Africa. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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