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pelagic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective pelagic has 1 sense
- pelagic(a = adj.pert) oceanic - relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean; "oceanic islands like Bermuda"; "oceanic currents"; "oceanic birds"; "pelagic organisms"; "pelagic whaling"
CIDE DICTIONARY
pelagic, a. [L. pelagicus.].
Of or pertaining to the ocean; -- applied especially to animals that live at the surface of the ocean, away from the coast. Compare benthic . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pelagic, adj.
1 of or performed on the open sea (pelagic whaling).
2 (of marine life) belonging to the upper layers of the open sea.
1 of or performed on the open sea (pelagic whaling).
2 (of marine life) belonging to the upper layers of the open sea.
Etymology
L pelagicus f. Gk pelagikos (as PELAGIAN)
THESAURUS
pelagic
bathymetric, bathyorographical, deep-sea, hydrographic, marine, maritime, nautical, naval, navigational, ocean-going, oceanic, oceanographic, salty, seafaring, seamanlike, seamanly, terriginous, thalassic, water-borneROGET THESAURUS
pelagic
Ocean
N sea, ocean, main, deep, brine, salt water, waves, billows, high seas, offing, great waters, watery waste, vasty deep, wave, tide, hydrography, hydrographer, Neptune, Poseidon, Thetis, Triton, Naiad, Nereid, sea nymph, Siren, trident, dolphin, oceanic, marine, maritime, pelagic, pelagian, seagoing, hydrographic, bathybic, cotidal, at sea, on sea, afloat.
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