intertidal

/in-ter-tahyd-l/US // ˌɪn tərˈtaɪd l //UK // (ˌɪntəˈtaɪdəl) //

潮间带,潮际,潮汐间歇期,潮汐间歇

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : of or relating to the littoral region that is above the low-water mark and below the high-water mark.

Up to a dozen robomussels were glued next to live mussels on rocks in the intertidal zone.
Because some chemicals in Marib Light—the oil on board the Safer—are water soluble, a spill would probably affect intertidal and deep-sea corals too.
With the rats gone, “we saw these very swift rebounds of the bird populations, and a very swift response to that in the intertidal, with our grazers disappearing and our kelp numbers growing very rapidly,” says Kurle.
The periwinkle is a small marine snail commonly found in coastal, intertidal areas of the northeastern United States and Maritime Provinces of Canada.
Dimly I could see the intertidal creatures darting away from my feet.
Intertidal, in-tėr-tī′dal, adj. living between low-water and high-water mark.
Limpet, lim′pet, n. a small shellfish which clings to intertidal rocks.