kelp forest

noun

An underwater area rich in kelp.

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Meanings

nounkelp forest (plural kelp forests)

plural kelp forests

  1. An underwater area rich in kelp.

    This shark is going where many thought no sharks would go: on a daytime swim through a kelp forest to chase seals she wants to eat.

    2019 April 5, JoAnna Klein, “Watch a Great White Shark Hunt Through a Kelp Forest for Its Next Meal”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Translations

French forêt de kelp
  • forêt de kelpTranslations
German Tangwald, Kelpwald
  • TangwaldTranslations
  • KelpwaldTranslations
Polish las wodorostów
  • las wodorostówTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

kelp forest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kelp%20forest

MLA

“kelp forest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kelp%20forest. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kelp forest,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kelp%20forest.

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