tidal pool

tidal pool
a pool of water remaining on a reef, shore platform, or beach after the tide has receded. Also called tide pool, tidepool.

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  • Pool — Recorded in many spelling forms including Pool, Poole, Pole (English), and Pohl, Pohler, Pohling, Polmann (German), this is a surname which may have any of four origins. The first is locational or residential and in England from the village of… …   Surnames reference

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  • Biddeford Pool — is the large tidal pool, as well as the name of the community around it, located off Saco Bay south of the mouth of the Saco River on the south coast of Maine. It is approximately 6 miles southeast of downtown Biddeford, to which it is connected… …   Wikipedia

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