epeiric

[ ih-pahy-rik ]

/ ɪˈpaɪ rɪk /

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adjective

extending inland from a continental margin: an epeiric sea.

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Origin of epeiric

1920–25; <Greek ḗpeir(os) mainland, continent + -ic

Words nearby epeiric

epaxial, e-payment, epazote, épée, épéeist, epeiric, epeirogeny, epeisodion, epencephalon, ependyma, epenthesis

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How to use epeiric in a sentence

There it traversed an epeiric, or mid-continental sea open to both north and south.
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British Dictionary definitions for epeiric

epeiric

/ (ɪˈpaɪrɪk) /

adjective

geology in, of, or relating to a continentan epeiric sea

Word Origin for epeiric

C20: from Greek ēpeiros continent + -ic

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