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adj. - Of or relating to the region of the sea over the continental shelf which is less than 200 meters deep adj. - Relating to the region of shallow water adjoining the seacoast.

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  • neritic fauna
  • In the highest, is the so-called neritic zone, -- the oceanic surface, diaphanous and luminous, far from any coast.
  • Toulon, and the second was a certain Don Mario, a fat and learned newt from Cuba carrying out scientific work in the field of plankton and neritic pelagial.
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