neritic

1. 1.

   of or relating to the region of the sea over the continental shelf which is less than 200 meters deep

   “neritic fauna”

   “neritic oil”
2. 2.

   relating to the region of shallow water adjoining the seacoast

   “neritic fauna”

   Similarshallow

Questions about neritic

What does neritic mean?

neritic means "of or relating to the region of the sea over the continental shelf which is less than 200 meters deep". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in neritic?

neritic has 3 syllables: ne-rit-ic. The stress falls on "rit". In IPA it is /nɚˈɪtɪk/.

Is neritic a common word?

neritic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.