Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or being the region between the high tide mark and the low tide mark.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Living between high-water mark and low-water mark.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Pertaining to the part of a shore between the high water and the low water.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to the littoral area above the low-tide mark

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Examples

  • When I am down there, I unavoidably get interested in intertidal gastropods.

    Archive 2009-03-01 AYDIN 2009

  • You have made it: a quarter mile stretch of sand and intertidal coves, covered in mussels, sea anemones and gooseneck barnacles.

    John Bourne: My Gray Whale John Bourne 2011

  • An intertidal snail shows a dramatic size increase over the past century Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106: 5209-5212 DOI: 10.1073/pnas. 0812137106

    Archive 2009-04-01 AYDIN 2009

  • Last week at the west coast of Florida I spent many hours watching, photographing, collecting, examining and measuring intertidal snails and also performing simple experiments with them à la Darwin.

    Archive 2009-04-01 AYDIN 2009

  • The cardboard box has my old scale and a bunch of containers of all sizes for samples and for use as temporary aquaria for intertidal snails.

    Archive 2009-04-01 AYDIN 2009

  • "While we are surprised at the inclusion of the intertidal area within the Browse Liquefied Natural Gas Precinct, south of James Price Point, on the heritage register, we accept the minister's decision," Woodside said, adding that its proposed development "can successfully co-exist with the heritage values of the Dampier Peninsula."

    Australia's West Kimberley Becomes Heritage Site Rebecca Thurlow 2011

  • Artist Michael Garfield referred to it as "playing hopscotch across illusory divides in the intertidal zone between technology and spirituality, science and art, self and other, individual and collective."

    Jason Silva: The Beginning of Infinity Jason Silva 2011

  • Artist Michael Garfield referred to it as "playing hopscotch across illusory divides in the intertidal zone between technology and spirituality, science and art, self and other, individual and collective."

    Jason Silva: The Beginning of Infinity Jason Silva 2011

  • Artist Michael Garfield referred to it as "playing hopscotch across illusory divides in the intertidal zone between technology and spirituality, science and art, self and other, individual and collective."

    Jason Silva: The Beginning of Infinity Jason Silva 2011

  • Artist Michael Garfield referred to it as "playing hopscotch across illusory divides in the intertidal zone between technology and spirituality, science and art, self and other, individual and collective."

    Jason Silva: The Beginning of Infinity Jason Silva 2011

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