Definitions for littoral

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littoral lit·to·ral

Spelling: [lit-er-uh l]

IPA: /ˈlɪt ər əl/

Littoral is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 180 anagrams from letters in littoral (aillortt).

Definitions for littoral

noun

1. a littoral region.

adjective

1. of or relating to the shore of a lake, sea, or ocean.
2. (on ocean shores) of or relating to the biogeographic region between the sublittoral zone and the high-water line and sometimes including the supralittoral zone above the high-water line.
3. of or relating to the region of freshwater lake beds from the sublittoral zone up to and including damp areas on shore. Compare intertidal.

Origin of littoral

1650-60; Latin littorālis, variant of lītorālis of the shore, equivalent to lītor- (stem of lītus) shore + -ālis -al¹

Examples for littoral

These remarks apply chiefly to littoral and sublittoral deposits.

It had been repacked in littoral sand only found in an ancient sea-board in Germany.

ASW assets and crews have been diverted to reconnaissance missions in overland and littoral wars.

There is one Headman of some importance between them and the littoral.

Later he was entrusted with the control of the whole of the Mediterranean littoral.

Maize is very prolific throughout the littoral and on the tableland.

They are, for the most part, shallow-water or littoral forms.

The motor-boat was nearing the centre of a deep indentation in the littoral.

But the littoral of Western Africa is gifted with a flora as luxuriant as it is varied.

Mexican national life has not developed much upon the littoral.