reefless

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English

Etymology

From reef +‎ -less.

Adjective

reefless (not comparable)

  1. Having no reefs.
    • 1988 March, John F. Marshall & Peter J. Davies, “Halimeda bioherms of the northern Great Barrier Reef”, in SpringerLink:
      The reefless tract directly behind the ribbon reefs on the outer shelf off Cooktown supports a luxuriant growth of Halimeda that, during the Holocene, has developed into bioherms.