Thalassic
adjective
1.
of or relating to seas and oceans.
2.
of or relating to smaller bodies of water, as seas and gulfs, as distinguished from large oceanic bodies.
3.
growing, living, or found in the sea; marine.
adjective
1.
of or relating to the sea
2.
of or relating to small or inland seas, as opposed to open waters
3.
inhabiting or growing in the sea; marine: thalassic fauna
thalassic
(thə-lās’ĭk)
Relating to seas or oceans, especially smaller or inland seas.
Relating to rocks formed from sediment that has been deposited on the ocean floor.
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- Thalasso-
1. a combining form meaning “sea,” used in the formation of compound words: thalassocracy.
- Thalassocracy
[thal-uh-sok-ruh-see] /ˌθæl əˈsɒk rə si/ noun, plural thalassocracies. 1. dominion over the seas, as in exploration, trade, or colonization. thalassocracy /ˌθæləˈsɒkrəsɪ/ noun 1. the government of a nation having dominion over large expanses of the seas
- Thalassocrat
[thuh-las-uh-krat] /θəˈlæs əˌkræt/ noun 1. a nation that has dominion over the seas.
- Thalassography
[thal-uh-sog-ruh-fee] /ˌθæl əˈsɒg rə fi/ noun 1. oceanography, especially that branch dealing with smaller bodies of water, as bays, sounds, and gulfs.
- Thalassomania
noun a passion for the sea Word Origin Greek thalassa ‘sea’