littoral

(litə rəl)

adjective

  1. of, on, or along the shore, esp. a seashore
  2. designating or of the intertidal ecological zone along the shore

Origin: L litoralis < litus (gen. litoris), seashore, coast, prob. < IE *leitos < base *lei-, to flow > Welsh lli, sea, flood

noun

a region along the shore

See littoral in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
Of or on a shore, especially a seashore: a littoral property; the littoral biogeographic zone.
noun
  1. A coastal region; a shore.
  2. The region or zone between the limits of high and low tides.

Origin:

Origin: Latin lītorālis

Origin: , from lītus, lītor-, shore

Origin: . N., from Italian littorale

Origin: , from Latin lītorālis

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