laminarianadj.
/lamɪˈnɛːrɪən/ laminarian zone n. 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.
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laminarian zone1851
stratosphere1932
troposphere1932
scattering layer1942
sound channel1946
psychrosphere1956
thermosphere1956
Ekman layer1957
thermo-halocline1964
nepheloid layer1965
1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 149 The key-hole limpets..chiefly inhabit the laminarian zone.
1883 Good Words Aug. 530/1 Below the littoral we come upon the great laminarian zone, the region of waving laminaria, or sea-tangle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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