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adj
Pertaining to the part of a shore between the high water and the low water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
An intertidal zone or an organism that inhabits such a zone
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
of or relating to the littoral area above the low-tide mark
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English tidal English intertidal From inter- + tidal.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
