[Loch-Ruadh] FW: Word of the Day: littoral (literally,where tides ebb and flo w)

[blakrose]

Well........the words ARE very similar   and tides do flow over both, and both
are ruled by the moon................; )

Jane Sitton wrote:

> Greetings.
>
> What happened to Cait and the Word of the Day?  Or did I sleep through that
> meeting (again!)
>
> I get Dummies Daily Word of the Day now (since I've used up all the Word and
> Excel tips.).  Thought I'd share this with you all.
>
> As this is a (somewhat) family-oriented list, I can't tell you what my mind
> did with this word... except to say that I thought a letter was missing.
> LOL
>
> Madelina
> working on being a dirty old lady
>
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> TODAY'S eTIP(TM): littoral (literally, where tides ebb and flow)
>
> littoral [LIT er uhl]
>
> adjective
>
> Designating or of the intertidal ecological zone along the shore.
>
>      Situated between the Atlantic Ocean and the Atlantic
>      Intracoastal Waterway, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina,
>      supports plenty of diverse littoral wildlife.
>
> In Latin, litoris means "of the seashore or coast," and
> that term may go way back to an Indo-European root, lei-, meaning
> "to flow."
>
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