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lit·to·ral  audio  (ltr-l) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
Of or on a shore, especially a seashore: a littoral property; the littoral biogeographic zone.
NOUN:
  1. A coastal region; a shore.
  2. The region or zone between the limits of high and low tides.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin ltorlis, from ltus, ltor-, shore. N., from Italian littorale from Latin ltorlis


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