Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

midlittoral

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: midlit-toral
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

In the middle part of a seashore.

Example Sentences

"In each sector, three sampling sites (100s m apart from each other) were randomly selected for the surveys of benthic assemblages on rocky reefs from the lower midlittoral and the shallow infralittoral."

Etymology

From mid- + littoral.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mid

Questions

What does midlittoral mean?: In the middle part of a seashore.
Where does midlittoral come from?: From mid- + littoral.

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