neritic

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neritic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  neritic \neritic\ adj.
     Relating to the belt or region of shallow water adjoining the
     seacost; as, neritic fauna.
     [WordNet 1.5]

neritic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  neritic
      adj 1: of or relating to the region of the sea over the
             continental shelf which is less than 200 meters deep;
             "neritic fauna"; "neritic oil"
      2: relating to the region of shallow water adjoining the
         seacoast; "neritic fauna"