neritic
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neritic
- /nəˈɹɪtɪk/
Rhymes with -ɪtɪk
Where it comes from
First attested in 1891. Borrowed from German neritisch, from Ancient Greek Νηρίτης (Nērítēs, “minor sea god”) + German -isch (“-ic”).
adjective
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Of or relating to a marine environment of shallow waters.
Accessory benthic foraminiferal events reported by Berggren and Miller (1989) to occur in the late Eocene are the migrations into the bathyal realm from the neritic realm of planulinids and siphoninids.
Similar: sublittoral
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Talk about this word "neritic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/neritic. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. neritic. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/neritic "neritic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/neritic.Cite this
@misc{neritic_2026,
title = {neritic},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/neritic},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
