sublittoral

== English == === Etymology === From sub- +‎ littoral. === Adjective === sublittoral (not comparable) In the portion of the littoral zone (the shore) that is permanently but shallowly inundated (water-covered). Hypernyms: marine, aquatic, underwater, littoral, coastal Coordinate terms: eulittoral, supralittoral, circumlittoral; pelagic; bathyal, abyssal, hadal Near-synonyms: neritic (often not differentiated); infralittoral, circalittoral, subtidal (precisely meronymous) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === sublittoral (plural sublittorals) The sublittoral area, just beyond (and lower-lying than) the portion of the shore that is not always inundated (water-covered). === References === “sublittoral”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.