SUBLITTORAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

continental shelf (the relatively shallow (up to 200 meters) seabed surrounding a continent)

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