The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sublittoral
Sublittoral \Sub*lit"to*ral\, a.
Under the shore.
--Smart.
WordNet
sublittoral
adj. of or relating to the region of the continental shelf (between the seashore and the edge of the continental shelf) or the marine organisms situated there
Usage examples of "sublittoral".
The sound of gliding feet emerged from a dozen other noises, from the sublittoral drone of maintenance systems, from the rustle of newsprint as shoppers scanned their horoscopes in the tabloids up front, from the whispers of elderly women with talcumed faces, from the steady rattle of cars going over a loose manhole cover just outside the entrance.
They could lure them to the breeding caverns at the edge of the sublittoral zone, where she and Onkar could take refuge and wait them out.