thalassic

thalassic
/theuh las"ik/, adj.
1. of or pertaining to seas and oceans.
2. of or pertaining to smaller bodies of water, as seas and gulfs, as distinguished from large oceanic bodies.
3. growing, living, or found in the sea; marine.
[1855-60; < Gk thálass(a) sea + -IC]

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