Littoral \Lit"to*ral\, a. [L. littoralis, litoralis, from
littus, litus, the seashore: cf. F. littoral.]
1. Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Biol.) Inhabiting the seashore, esp. the zone between
high-water and low-water mark.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
littoral
adj : of or relating to a coastal or shore region
n : the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean [syn: litoral,
littoral zone, sands]
WordNet (r) 2.0
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "littoral":
aquatic, balneal, bank, beach, benthic zone, berm, bordering,
borderline, boundary, bounding, coast, coastal, coastland,
coastline, deep-sea, determinant, determinative, determining,
embankment, estuarine, estuarine area, extreme, foreshore,
fringing, frontier, grallatorial, intertidal zone, ironbound coast,
lido, limbic, liminal, limit, limiting, marginal, natant,
natatorial, natatory, pelagic zone, plage, playa, rimming,
riparial, riparian, riparious, riverside, riviera, rockbound coast,
sands, sea margin, seabank, seabeach, seaboard, seacliff, seacoast,
seashore, seaside, shingle, shore, shoreline, shoreside, shoreward,
skirting, splash zone, strand, sublittoral, submerged coast,
supralittoral, swimming, terminal, threshold, tidal, tidewater,
water-dwelling, water-growing, water-living, water-loving,
waterfront, waterside
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Associated with shallow (shoreline area) water (eg, the littoral zone of an impoundment).
http://www.alabamapower.com/hydro/glossary.asp
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the area affected by the rise and fall of the tides.
http://www.seaworld.org/swc/wetlands/vocabulary.htm
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Relating to or existing on a shore.
http://www.great-lakes.net/humanhealth/about/words_l.html
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growing on or near a shore, of a lake, sea or ocean
http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/glossary
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The zone between the extreme high-tide and extreme low-tide levels in the sea; also the zone from the shore to the light-compensation level of the sea and lakes.
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/nhns2/glossary.htm
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Inhabiting the seashore.
http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/sci/lifesciences/OntheOriginofSpecies6thEdition/chap31.html
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The benthic zone between the highest and lowest spring tide marks; the inter-tidal zone.
http://www.reefed.edu.au/glossary/l.html
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lytt-or-al i) Of or on the shore of the sea, a lake, etc., ii) a region lying along a shore.
http://www.mi.mun.ca/mi-net/terms/nautical.htm
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intertidal; between low and high tide levels
http://coris.noaa.gov/glossary/glossary_l_z.html
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zone Region near the shore of lakes, ponds, or large rivers
http://silicasecchidisk.conncoll.edu/LucidKeys/Carolina_Key/html/Glossary.html
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with regard to the coast/shore
http://www.mccip.org.uk/arc/glossary3.htm
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Pertaining to or along the shore, particularly to describe currents, deposits and drift.
http://www.losl.org/boardroom/glossary_e.php
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A pyroclastic cone formed of fragments of a lava flow thrown out by steam explosions that take place when the lava flow enters the ocean.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/slidesets/hawaii/glossary.shtml
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of, belonging to, or found on or near the shore. [AHDOS]
http://www.memphisgeology.org/glossary_ln.htm
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Living near edge of a lake, near the shore.
http://www.aquatic-hobbyist.com/profiles/misc/glossaryk-o.html
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Belonging to the sea_shore. Etym., littus, the shore.
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Glossary_of_Geological_and_other_Scientific_terms_used_in_Principles_of_Geology
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Adj. (Latin, litus = seashore). Shore-dwelling on the seashore or the edge of fresh water.
http://www.entm.purdue.edu/entomology/courses/306/306glossaryam.html
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Pertaining to the shore.
http://www.azta.com/glossary.php
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Of or pertaining to a shore, especially of the sea.
http://sccounty01.co.santa-cruz.ca.us/planning/eirs/eirecliffseawall/draft_html/19_Chap_SC.htm
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of or relating to a coastal or shore region
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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Littoral combat in military and naval warfare refers to operations in the littoral area, within a certain distance of shore, including surveillance, mine-clearing and support for landing operations and other types of shift from water to ground, and back.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littoral (military)
air littoral, conservatoire du littoral, litoral, littoral cells, littoral combat ship, littoral drift, littoral proprietor, littoral rights, littoral zone, sands, slovenian littoral, sub-littoral zone, supra-littoral zone
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