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intertidal

[ in-ter-tahyd-l ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the littoral region that is above the low-water mark and below the high-water mark.


intertidal

/ ˌɪntəˈtaɪdəl /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the zone of the shore between the high-water mark and low-water mark
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intertidal

/ ĭn′tər-tīdl /

  1. Relating to the region between the high tide mark and the low tide mark.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of intertidal1

First recorded in 1880–85; inter- + tidal
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Example Sentences

Glenner wonders if any barnacles in crowded, intertidal environments might also be capable of movement.

Up to a dozen robomussels were glued next to live mussels on rocks in the intertidal zone.

Because some chemicals in Marib Light—the oil on board the Safer—are water soluble, a spill would probably affect intertidal and deep-sea corals too.

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With the rats gone, “we saw these very swift rebounds of the bird populations, and a very swift response to that in the intertidal, with our grazers disappearing and our kelp numbers growing very rapidly,” says Kurle.

The periwinkle is a small marine snail commonly found in coastal, intertidal areas of the northeastern United States and Maritime Provinces of Canada.

Dimly I could see the intertidal creatures darting away from my feet.

Intertidal, in-tėr-tī′dal, adj. living between low-water and high-water mark.

Limpet, lim′pet, n. a small shellfish which clings to intertidal rocks.

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