chiefly Ecology 【主生态】
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- (of a marine animal, plant, or deposit) living, growing, or accumulating near to or just below the shore（海洋动物, 植物, 沉积）亚沿岸的, 近海滨的, 潮下的。
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- relating to or denoting a biogeographic zone extending (in the sea) from the average line of low tide to the edge of the continental shelf or (in a large lake) beyond the littoral zone but still well lit.潮下带的。
noun
the sublittoral
- the sublittoral zone潮下带, 浅海地带; 亚沿岸带。