neritic

English

Etymology

From or Ancient Greek Νηρίτης (Nērítēs, “minor sea god”) or nerite +‎ -ic.

Adjective

neritic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a marine environment of shallow waters.
   • 2003, Donald R. Prothero, From Greenhouse to Icehouse: The Marine Eocene-Oligocene Transition:

     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.

Synonyms

• sublittoral

Translations

Translations

French: néritique (fr) m or f German: neritisch (de) Italian: neritico Polish: nerytyczny (pl) Portuguese: nerítico Romanian: neritic (ro) Spanish: nerítico

Anagrams

• Citrine, citiner, citrine, crinite, inciter, retinic, tricine

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French néritique.

Adjective

neritic m or n (feminine singular neritică, masculine plural neritici, feminine/neuter plural neritice)

1. neritic

Declension

Declension of neritic

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	neritic		neritică		neritici	neritice
	definite	neriticul		neritica		neriticii	neriticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	neritic		neritice		neritici	neritice
	definite	neriticului		neriticei		neriticilor	neriticelor