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NERITIC ZONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neritic zone mean? 

NERITIC ZONE (noun)
  The noun NERITIC ZONE has 1 sense:

1. the ocean waters from the low tide mark to a depth of about 100 fathomsplay

  Familiarity information: NERITIC ZONE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NERITIC ZONE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The ocean waters from the low tide mark to a depth of about 100 fathoms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("neritic zone" is a kind of...):

Davy Jones; Davy Jones's locker; ocean bottom; ocean floor; sea bottom; sea floor; seabed (the bottom of a sea or ocean)


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