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SUBLITTORAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sublittoral mean?
• SUBLITTORAL (adjective)
The adjective SUBLITTORAL has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to the region of the continental shelf (between the seashore and the edge of the continental shelf) or the marine organisms situated there
Familiarity information: SUBLITTORAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the region of the continental shelf (between the seashore and the edge of the continental shelf) or the marine organisms situated there
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
continental shelf (the relatively shallow (up to 200 meters) seabed surrounding a continent)
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