Definition of tide pool
: a pool of salt water left (as in a rock basin) by an ebbing tide — called also
tidal pool
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What to do: No visit to Point Loma would be complete without a stop at the tide pools at Cabrillo National Monument, located at the peninsula’s southern tip.
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Her first-grade students helped with the tide pools book, and also built birdhouses to help shelter sensitive local species such as the western bluebird.
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Farther west, in Port Renfrew, was Botanical Beach, where tide pools were filled with limpets, mussels and sea anemones.
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First Known Use of tide pool
1853
TIDE POOL Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of tide pool for English Language Learners
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: an area of water that is left on a beach after the tide has fallen
TIDE POOL Defined for Kids
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Definition of tide pool for Students
: a pool of salt water that is left behind when the tide goes out and in which small sea animals (as snails, crabs, and barnacles) are often found
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