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laminarian, a.|læmɪˈnɛərɪən| [f. mod.L. Laminaria name of a genus of seaweeds (see quot. 1883), f. L. lāmina thin plate.] laminarian zone: the zone of the sea, extending from low-water mark to a depth of ninety feet, in which seaweeds of the genus Laminaria are found.
1851–6Woodward Mollusca 149 The key-hole limpets..chiefly inhabit the laminarian zone. 1883Good Words Aug. 530/1 Below the littoral we come upon the great laminarian zone, the region of waving laminaria, or sea-tangle. |