Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Adjacent to the shore-line; extending along the shore: specifically applied to one of the zones into which some naturalists have divided the sea-bottom according to the depth of water covering each.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Adjointing the shore.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Around, or bordering the
shore - adjective Describing the part of the sea bottom immediately beyond the
littoral
Etymologies
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circum- + littoral
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jmjarmstrong commented on the word circumlittoral
JM is hanging around the beach so he can be literally circumlittoral.
February 14, 2011