intertidal.

Situated in the shore zone that is covered at high tide and exposed at low tide.

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Words that belong together

• intertidal rocks
• intertidal zone

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Pools remained among the intertidal rocks.

The path crossed an intertidal stretch safe only at low water.

Usage notes

Primary category: environment. Forms: Normally non-gradable as a zone classification. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.