acto-, act-, akto-, akt- + (Greek > Latin: seashore, beach, strand, promontory)
Actiornis
Seashore birds.
Actitis macularia
1. Spotted sandpiper or a shorebird with a long slender beak that it uses to catch insects, worms, and soft mollusks in sand and mud.
2. Any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and a piping call.
actophile
Creatures, or even humans, which prefer or have a special fondness for living on seashores or beaches.
actophilous, actophily
Thriving on rocky seashores or growing on coasts.
aktios
Of the sea-shore.
aktites
Shore or coast dweller.
epaktios
Coastal.
paraktios
On the coast.
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