fringing reef

English

Noun

fringing reef (plural fringing reefs)

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

Hypernyms

• coral reef

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 裙礁 (qúnjiāo)

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References

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