1.
[syn: littoral, litoral, littoral zone, sands]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. of or relating to a coastal or shore region;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Littoral \Lit"to*ral\, a. [L. littoralis, litoralis, from
littus, litus, the seashore: cf. F. littoral.]
1. Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Biol.) Inhabiting the seashore, esp. the zone between
high-water and low-water mark.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
littoral
adj 1: of or relating to a coastal or shore region
n 1: the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean [syn:
littoral, litoral, littoral zone, sands]