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adj. - Relating to the seas, especially smaller or inland seas.

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  • Deposits of sediment in gulfs and seas rather than in the ocean proper are known as thalassic deposits
  • He shook his head; and I, recalling the crimson chamber in his castle, speculated upon his living arrangements in thalassic caverns I could scarcely conceive.
  • Like all Mendelkinder, I was genetically programmed to be a first colonist -- in my case on the first newly discovered pan-thalassic world that needed colonization and...
  • The prevailing small area of such thalassic islands, moreover, involves
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