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lit·to·ral

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–adjective

1.	of or pertaining to the shore of a lake, sea, or ocean.

2.	(on ocean shores) of or pertaining to the biogeographic region between the sublittoral zone and the high-water line and sometimes including the supralittoral zone above the high-water line.

3.	of or pertaining to the region of freshwater lake beds from the sublittoral zone up to and including damp areas on shore. Compare intertidal.

–noun

4.	a littoral region.

[Origin: 1650–60; < L littorālis, var. of lītorālis of the shore, equiv. to lītor- (s. of lītus) shore + -ālis -al¹

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lit·to·ral Audio Help   (lĭt'ər-əl) Pronunciation Key
adj.   Of or on a shore, especially a seashore: a littoral property; the littoral biogeographic zone.

n.

A coastal region; a shore.
The region or zone between the limits of high and low tides.

[Latin lītorālis, from lītus, lītor-, shore. N., from Italian littorale, from Latin lītorālis.]

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littoral (adj.)

1656, from L. littoralis "of or belonging to the seashore," from litus (gen. litoris) "seashore" (cf. Lido), of unknown origin. The noun is first recorded 1828, from It. littorale, originally an adj., from L. littoralis.

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littoral
adjective
1.	of or relating to a coastal or shore region
noun
1.	the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean

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Relating to the coastal zone between the limits of high and low tides. The littoral zone is subject to a wide range of environmental conditions, including high-energy wave action and intermittent periods of flooding and drying along with the associated fluctuations in exposure to solar radiation and extremes of temperature. Compare sublittoral.