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supralittoral

[ soo-pruh-lit-er-uhl ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the biogeographic region of a shore of a lake, sea, or ocean permanently above water but made damp by spray from waves or by capillarity of the substrate.


noun

  1. a supralittoral zone or region.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of supralittoral1

First recorded in 1905–10; supra- + littoral

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