intertidal
IPA: ɪntɝtˈaɪdʌɫ
noun
- An intertidal zone or an organism that inhabits such a zone
adjective
- Pertaining to the part of a shore between the high water and the low water.
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Examples of "intertidal" in Sentences
- When I am down there, I unavoidably get interested in intertidal gastropods.
- You have made it: a quarter mile stretch of sand and intertidal coves, covered in mussels, sea anemones and gooseneck barnacles.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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."
- "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."
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