neritic
(ne-rit-ic)
3 syllables
Definition
adjective. 1 of or relating to the region of the sea over the continental shelf which is less than 200 meters deep; 2 of or formed in the region of shallow seas near a coastline
Example Sentence
The biologist studied the neritic fauna.
Synonyms
region of sea; sea over the continental shelf; shallow sea
Antonyms
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Rhymes
- bittick
- chittick
- citic
- critic
- zitek
- arthritic
- cushitic
- dendritic
- granitic
- hamitic
- neritic
- palmitic
- semitic
- soditic
- analytic
- catalytic
- halophytic
- hemolytic
- paralytic
- parasitic
- porphyritic
- thrombolytic
- electrolytic
- hermaphroditic
- psychoanalytic