Meanings
- not comparableOf or relating to a marine environment of shallow waters.
Accessory benthic foraminiferal events reported by Berggren and Miller (1989) to occur in the late Eocene are the migrations into the bathyal realm from the neritic realm of planulinids and siphoninids.
2003, Donald R. Prothero, From Greenhouse to Icehouse: The Marine Eocene-Oligocene TransitionSynonyms: sublittoral
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or relating to a marine environment of shallow waters.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiverelating to the region of shallow water adjoining the seacoast
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- German-isch“-ic”
- Ancient GreekΝηρίτης“minor sea god”
- Germanneritisch
- Englishneritic
First attested in 1891. Borrowed from German neritisch, from Ancient Greek Νηρίτης (Nērítēs, “minor sea god”) + German -isch (“-ic”).
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French néritique
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German neritisch
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Italian neritico
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Polish nerytyczny
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Portuguese nerítico
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Romanian neritic
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Spanish nerítico
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Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
neritic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neritic
“neritic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neritic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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