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neritic

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English

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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neritic (not comparable)

  1. Describing 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.

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French néritique.

Adjective

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

  1. neritic

Declension

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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