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sublittoral


chiefly Ecology
Definition of sublittoral

adjective

  • living, growing, or accumulating near to or just below the shore: sublittoral algae
  • relating to or denoting a biogeographic zone extending (in the sea) from the average line of low tide to the edge of the continental shelf or (in a large lake) beyond the littoral zone but still well lit: sheltered sublittoral regions mobile species will migrate to sublittoral waters offshore

noun

  • the sublittoral zone.

sublittoral in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of sublittoral in the US English dictionary