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supra littoral

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su⋅pra⋅lit⋅to⋅ral

[soo-pruh-lit-er-uhl]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining 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
2. a supralittoral zone or region.

Origin:
1905–10; supra- + littoral
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