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neritic

Syllabification: (ne·rit·ic)
Pronunciation: /nəˈritik/

Definition of neritic

adjective

Biology & Geology
  • of, relating to, or denoting the shallow part of the sea near a coast and overlying the continental shelf.

Origin:

late 19th century: from nerite + -ic

neritic in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of neritic in the British & World English dictionary