sublittoral

1. not comparableIn the portion of the littoral zone (the shore) that is permanently but shallowly inundated (water-covered).

   Near-synonyms: neritic (often not differentiated); infralittoral, circalittoral, subtidal (precisely meronymous)

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   Fortunately, good seaweeding can also be done when the tide is not low, for frequently one encounters piles of drifted seaweeds cast up on the sand from the sublittoral region.

   1966, E. Yale Dawson, Seashore Plants of Southern Califonria, 3rd printing, Berkley: University of California Press, published 1975, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 7

   Synonyms: neritic, infralittoral, circalittoral, subtidal

plural sublittorals

1. The sublittoral area, just beyond (and lower-lying than) the portion of the shore that is not always inundated (water-covered).