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literal (LIT uhr uhl) (adjective)
1. Referring to the accordance with the exact or primary meaning of a word or words: Debora wrote her essay, paying careful attention to the literal intent of the terms she used.
2. Concerning the preciseness, exactness, or strict closeness of rewording a text or speech; verbatim: Ron presented a literal translation of the doctor's prognosis.
2. Concerning the preciseness, exactness, or strict closeness of rewording a text or speech; verbatim: Ron presented a literal translation of the doctor's prognosis.
littoral (LIT uhr uhl) (adjective)
Pertaining to the shore of a lake, ocean, or sea: Marcus referred to the littoral biogeographic zone on the coast.
littoral (LIT uhr uhl) (noun)
The region or zone between the limits of high and low tides of a shore: The sandpiper tiptoed across the littoral looking for things to eat.
Standing on the littoral of the lake, the speaker read a literal translation of the famous poem about a lady and a lake.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group L; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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littoral (adjective) (not comparative)
1. A reference to the seashore: The littoralarea is an intertidal zone of the shore; sometimes used to refer to both the intertidal zone on the seashore and the adjacent continental shelf to a depth of about 200 meters.
3. Etymology: borrowed from Latin littoralis, litoralis, "of or belonging to the seashore", from litus, "shore".
The littoral environment is subdivided into supralittoral, eulittoral (intertidal zone), infralittoral, and circalittoral zones or areas.
2. The littoral shore of a lake has a depth of about ten meters where light reaches the bottom and where rooted plants may grow.3. Etymology: borrowed from Latin littoralis, litoralis, "of or belonging to the seashore", from litus, "shore".
Borrowed in 1828 from Italian littorale, originally the descriptive term referring to "of the seashore".
The first recorded use of French
—This etymology was compiled from information located in
The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart, Editor;
The H.W. Wilson Company; 1988; page 603.
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(Latin > Italian: a suffix; seashore; pertaining to the seashore)
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“littoral”
littoral fauna and flora (s) (noun, littoral faunas and floras (pl)
Animals and plants inhabiting the sea-shore and the shallow sea near the shore.
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faun-, fauni-, fauna-, -fauna
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flori-, flor-, flora-, -florous
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littoral zone
1. The shallow water along the sea shore from zero to the depth where plants no longer root, about ten feet or three meters deep.
2. Also defined as the faunal (animal) zone bounded by the continental shelf; that is, down to approximately 200 meters.
3. Area on or near the shore of a body of water; such as, the region of the shore of a lake, sea, or ocean.
2. Also defined as the faunal (animal) zone bounded by the continental shelf; that is, down to approximately 200 meters.
3. Area on or near the shore of a body of water; such as, the region of the shore of a lake, sea, or ocean.
A division of the earth's surface which includes all marine animals: A marine littoral faunal region is a geographical area of the zoosphere incorporating the entire number of marine creatures.
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faun-, fauni-, fauna-, -fauna
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-littoral
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mare, mari-, mar- +
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