Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Littoral"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. (Biol.) Inhabiting the seashore, esp. the zone between
high-water and low-water mark.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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