/lit"euhr euhl/ , adj.
1. of or pertaining to the shore of a lake, sea, or ocean.
2. (on ocean shores) of or pertaining to the biogeographic region between the sublittoral zone and the high-water line and sometimes including the supralittoral zone above the high-water line.
3. of or pertaining to the region of freshwater lake beds from the sublittoral zone up to and including damp areas on shore. Cf. intertidal .
n.
4. a littoral region.
[ 1650-60; littoralis, var. of LITORALIS of the shore, equiv. to litor- (s. of litus ) shore + -alis -AL 1 ]