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tideland

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tide⋅land

[tahyd-land]
–noun
1. land alternately exposed and covered by the ordinary ebb and flow of the tide.
2. Often, tidelands. submerged offshore land within the territorial waters of a state or nation.

Origin:
1795–1805; tide 1 + land
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tide·land   (tīd'lānd')   
n.  Coastal land submerged during high tide.
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