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neritic

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: N ER0 IH1 T IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to a marine environment of shallow waters.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to the region of the sea over the continental shelf which is less than 200 meters deep

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • neritic fauna
  • neritic oil

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

relating to the region of shallow water adjoining the seacoast

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • neritic fauna

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From or Ancient Greek Νηρίτης (Nērítēs, “minor sea god”) or nerite + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: néritique — Translations
  • German: neritisch — Translations
  • Italian: neritico — Translations
  • Polish: nerytyczny — Translations
  • Portuguese: nerítico — Translations
  • Romanian: neritic — Translations
  • Spanish: nerítico — Translations