fringing reef

English

Noun

fringing reef (plural fringing reefs)

(oceanography) A completely shallow coral reef adjacent to a coast.

Hypernyms

coral reef

Translations

Translations

Chinese:
- Mandarin: 裙礁 (qúnjiāo)

References

“ˈfringing, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1898.

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