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"tidal wave"of or relating to or caused by tides
Definition that contains tidal
- bore a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
- eager a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
- tidewater low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams
- whelk large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell
- acorn barnacle barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones
- tidal bore a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
- nipa fruticans any creeping semiaquatic feather palm of the genus Nipa found in mangrove swamps and tidal estuaries; its sap is used for a liquor; leaves are used for thatch; fruit has edible seeds
- east river a tidal strait separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn
- tidal zone an area subject to tidal action
- tideway a channel in which a tidal current runs