sublittoral

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ littoral

Adjective

sublittoral (not comparable)

  1. Under the shore.
    • 1966, E. Yale Dawson, Seashore Plants of Southern Califonria, 3rd printing, Berkley: University of California Press, published 1975, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 7:
      Fortunately, good seaweeding can also be done when the tide is not low, for frequently one encounters piles of difted seaweeds cast up on the sand from the sublittoral region.

Translations

Noun

sublittoral (plural sublittorals)

  1. The area below the shore; the sublittoral region.

References

“sublittoral”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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