abyssopelagic
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English
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Alternative forms
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From abyss ("abyss") + pelagic ("open ocean").
Pronunciation
[edit ]Adjective
[edit ]abyssopelagic (not comparable )
- Of or pertaining to the depths of the ocean; of the open waters of the abyssal zone.
Derived terms
[edit ]Translations
[edit ]of or pertaining to the depths of the ocean
- German: abyssopelagisch (de)
- Greek: αβυσσοπελαγικός (el) (avyssopelagikós)
- Portuguese: abissopelágico
- Russian: абисопелагиаль (abisopelagialʹ)
References
[edit ]- Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 9