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neritic

neritic \neritic\ adj. Relating to the belt or region of shallow water adjoining the seacost; as, neritic fauna.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
neritic

1891, from German neritisch (Haeckel, 1890), perhaps from Nerita, a genus of molluscs.

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neritic

a. Describing a marine environment of shallow waters

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neritic
  1. 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"

  2. relating to the region of shallow water adjoining the seacost; "neritic fauna"

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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.