NERITIC ZONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neritic zone mean? 

• NERITIC ZONE (noun)
  The noun NERITIC ZONE has 1 sense:

1. the ocean waters from the low tide mark to a depth of about 100 fathoms

  Familiarity information: NERITIC ZONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NERITIC ZONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ocean waters from the low tide mark to a depth of about 100 fathoms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("neritic zone" is a kind of...):

Davy Jones; Davy Jones's locker; ocean bottom; ocean floor; sea bottom; sea floor; seabed (the bottom of a sea or ocean)