Meaning of LITTORAL
| Pronunciation: | | 'liturul
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- [n] the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean
- [adj] of or relating to a coastal or shore region
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| | Synonyms: | | litoral, littoral zone, sands |
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| | See Also: | | coast, seacoast, sea-coast, seashore | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Lit"to*ral\, a. [L. littoralis, litoralis, from
littus, litus, the seashore: cf. F. littoral.]
1. Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea.
2. (Biol.) Inhabiting the seashore, esp. the zone between
high-water and low-water mark.
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| | Definition: | | Pertaining to or along the shore, particularly to describe currents, deposits, and drift. |
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| | Related Terms: | | aquatic, balneal, bank, beach, benthic zone, berm, bordering, borderline, boundary, bounding, coast, coastal, coastland, coastline, deep-sea, determinant, determinative, determining, embankment, estuarine, estuarine area, extreme, foreshore, fringing, frontier, grallatorial, intertidal zone, ironbound coast, lido, limbic, liminal, limit, limiting, marginal, natant, natatorial, natatory, pelagic zone, plage, playa, rimming, riparial, riparian, riparious, riverside, riviera, rockbound coast, sands, sea margin, seabank, seabeach, seaboard, seacliff, seacoast, seashore, seaside, shingle, shore, shoreline, shoreside, shoreward, skirting, splash zone, strand, sublittoral, submerged coast, supralittoral, swimming, terminal, threshold, tidal, tidewater, water-dwelling, waterfront, water-growing, water-living, water-loving, waterside |
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