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thalassic
[ thuh-las-ik ]
adjective
- of or relating to seas and oceans.
- of or relating to smaller bodies of water, as seas and gulfs, as distinguished from large oceanic bodies.
- growing, living, or found in the sea; marine.
thalassic
/ θəˈlæsɪk /
adjective
- of or relating to the sea
- of or relating to small or inland seas, as opposed to open waters
- inhabiting or growing in the sea; marine
thalassic fauna
thalassic
/ thə-lăs′ĭk /
- Relating to seas or oceans, especially smaller or inland seas.
- Relating to rocks formed from sediment that has been deposited on the ocean floor.
Word History and Origins
Origin of thalassic1
Word History and Origins
Origin of thalassic1
Example Sentences
They make nitroglycerine, like all the thalassic peoples; they also make TNT and catastrophite, and propellants.
The thalassic peoples here in the Equatorial Zone are fairly good empirical, teaspoon-measure, chemists.
It progresses most rapidly where the knowledge of outlying or remote lands travels fastest, as along rivers and thalassic coasts.
Africa was further cursed by the mockery of desert coasts along most of her scant thalassic shores.
Small thalassic islands, at an early date in their history, lose their ethnic unity and present a highly mixed population.
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