neritic

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Definition of neritic

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

(not-comparable)Of or relating to a marine environment of shallow waters.

“Accessory benthic foraminiferal events reported by Berggren and Miller (1989) to occur in the late Eocene are the migrations into the bathyal realm from the neritic realm of planulinids and siphoninids.”

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From or Ancient Greek Νηρίτης (Nērítēs, “minor sea god”) or nerite + -ic.

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