Usually means: Shallow sea over continental crust.
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  1. epicontinental: Merriam-Webster
  2. epicontinental: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. epicontinental: Collins English Dictionary
  4. epicontinental: Wordnik
  5. epicontinental: Wiktionary
  6. epicontinental: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. epicontinental: Dictionary.com
  8. epicontinental: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Located on a continental shelf

Similar:
amphicontinental, subcontinental, continental, circumcontinental, alongshelf, bicontinental, epilittoral, infralittoral, circalittoral, intracontinental, more...

Opposite:
oceanic, pelagic, abyssal

Phrases:
epicontinental sea, more...

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Similar:
amphicontinental, subcontinental, continental, circumcontinental, alongshelf, bicontinental, epilittoral, infralittoral, circalittoral, intracontinental, more...

Opposite:
oceanic, pelagic, abyssal

Phrases:
epicontinental sea, more...



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