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tide pool

American  
Or tidepool

noun

  • tide pools
    plural
  1. tidal pool.


tide pool Scientific  

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Or the parfaits served at Kamebishi Co., one of Japan’s oldest soy sauce brewers, where soy sauce gelato melts into something creamy and briny, like a tide pool made decadent.

From Salon Apr. 16, 2025

“For those that want to go and explore areas that are usually not exposed, that would be the time to go to the beach to do some tide pool exploration.”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 22, 2022

Like a powder-coated bee spreading pollen from plant to plant, isopods spread spermatia throughout a tide pool as they travel between seaweed clumps.

From Scientific American Jul. 28, 2022

Within the recreation area, the Tongue Point is a designated Marine Sanctuary and “some of the best tide pool habitat in Washington State,” according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

From Seattle Times Aug. 18, 2021

At last, when Ess seemed calm, Jinny stepped out of the tide pool, wincing at the barnacles under her own feet.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder

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