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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean;
[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]