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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. relating to the seas, especially smaller or inland seas;
- Example: "deposits of sediment in gulfs and seas rather than in the ocean proper are known as thalassic deposits"- Scientific American



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Thalassic \Tha*las"sic\, a. [Gr. qa`lassa the sea.] (Geol.)
   Of or pertaining to the sea; -- sometimes applied to rocks
   formed from sediments deposited upon the sea bottom.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

thalassic
    adj 1: relating to the seas, especially smaller or inland seas;
           "deposits of sediment in gulfs and seas rather than in
           the ocean proper are known as thalassic deposits"-
           Scientific American