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Meaning of THALASSIC

Pronunciation:  thu'lasik

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  relating to the seas, especially smaller or inland seas; "deposits of sediment in gulfs and seas rather than in the ocean proper are known as thalassic deposits"- Scientific American
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tha*las"sic\, a. [Gr. ? the sea.] (Geol.)
Of or pertaining to the sea; -- sometimes applied to rocks
formed from sediments deposited upon the sea bottom.
 

 

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