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Feb 12, 2012
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lit•to•ral



Pronunciation: (lit'ur-ul), [key]
—adj.
1. of or pertaining to the shore of a lake, sea, or ocean.
2. (on ocean shores) of or pertaining to the biogeographic region between the sublittoral zone and the high-water line and sometimes including the supralittoral zone above the high-water line.
3. of or pertaining to the region of freshwater lake beds from the sublittoral zone up to and including damp areas on shore. Cf. intertidal.

—n.
a littoral region.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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