supralittoral

[ soo-pruh-lit-er-uhl ]

adjective
  1. of or relating to the biogeographic region of a shore of a lake, sea, or ocean permanently above water but made damp by spray from waves or by capillarity of the substrate.

noun
  1. a supralittoral zone or region.

Origin of supralittoral

1
First recorded in 1905–10; supra- + littoral

Words Nearby supralittoral

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