See Also: neritic(dictionary)

entrant (oh) and neritic (iou)


entrant (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: entrer; ENTER]
someone who takes part in a competition
especially BrE someone who has recently started studying at university, or working
entrant to
::a fall in the number of new entrants to higher Education

neritic (iou)



neritic adjective. L19.
[Perh. formed as NERITE + -IC.]
Of, pertaining to, originating in, or inhabiting the shallow part of the sea, near a coast and overlying the continental shelf.
neritic province, neritic zone.