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

  • adjective Entirely or almost entirely surrounded by land.
  • adjective Confined to inland waters, as certain fish.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Almost shut in by land; protected by surrounding land from the full force of the wind and waves: as, a landlocked harbor.
  • Living in landlocked waters, or in any way shut off from the sea: as, a landlocked salmon.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, by land; having no border on the sea.
  • adjective (Zoöl.) Confined to a fresh-water lake by reason of waterfalls or dams; -- said of fishes that would naturally seek the sea, after spawning.

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

  • adjective of a country, etc. Surrounded by land (having no borders with the sea).
  • adjective Living in freshwater, such as landlocked salmon.

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

  • adjective surrounded entirely or almost entirely by land

Etymologies

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land +‎ locked

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