Midlittoral

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    In the middle part of a seashore. not-comparable

    "In each sector, three sampling sites (100s m apart from each other) were randomly selected for the surveys of benthic assemblages on rocky reefs from the lower midlittoral and the shallow infralittoral."

Example

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"In each sector, three sampling sites (100s m apart from each other) were randomly selected for the surveys of benthic assemblages on rocky reefs from the lower midlittoral and the shallow infralittoral."

Etymology

From mid- + littoral.

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