"circatidal" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: circa (“approximately”) + tidal; modelled on circadian. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} circatidal (not comparable)
  1. (of a biorhythm) Approximately in time with the tides. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: circadian, circannual, biochronometry, chronobiology
    Sense id: en-circatidal-en-adj-3GKeqUwO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "2014, Tadashi Akiyama, “Chapter 4: Circatidal and Circadian Rhythms in Crustacean Swimming Behavior”, in Hideharu Numata, Barbara Helm, editors, Annual, Lunar, and Tidal Clocks, Springer, page 65",
          "text": "In the laboratory, the animals show a circatidal swimming rhythm, entrained by hydrostatic pressure stimulus.",
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          "ref": "2015, S. Y. Lee, “Chapter 71-9: Ecology of Brachyura”, in Peter Castro, Peter Davie, Danièle Guinot, Frederick Schram, Carel von Vaupel Klein, editors, Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology: The Crustacea, Volume 9, Part C-1, BRILL, page 476",
          "text": "[…]green shore crab Carcinus maenas lay the foundation on the circatidal rhythmicity of coastal crabs and how such behaviour may be underpinned by internal physiological and neurological mechanisms.",
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          "ref": "2020, Rickey Cothran, Martin Thiel, editors, Reproductive Biology: The Natural History of the Crustacea, Volume 6, Oxford University Press, unnumbered page",
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