Crossword clues for neritic
The Collaborative International Dictionary
neritic \neritic\ adj. Relating to the belt or region of shallow water adjoining the seacost; as, neritic fauna.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1891, from German neritisch (Haeckel, 1890), perhaps from Nerita, a genus of molluscs.
Wiktionary
a. Describing a marine environment of shallow waters
WordNet
adj. of or relating to the region of the sea over the continental shelf which is less than 200 meters deep; "neritic fauna"; "neritic oil"
relating to the region of shallow water adjoining the seacost; "neritic fauna"
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "neritic".
Complex ecosystems flourish in neritic pools and flatlands, sliding on organic scree to the edge of rock shelves and dropping into a zone below light.
Charles Mercier of Toulon, and the second was a certain Don Mario, a fat and learned newt from Cuba carrying out scientific work in the field of plankton and neritic pelagial.