Neritic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  neritic \neritic\ adj.
     Relating to the belt or region of shallow water adjoining the
     seacost; as, neritic fauna.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  neritic
       adj 1: of or relating to the region of the sea over the continental
              shelf which is less than 200 meters deep; "neritic
              fauna"; "neritic oil"
       2: relating to the region of shallow water adjoining the
          seacost; "neritic fauna"