pelagic
41pelagic — Inhabiting surface waters rather than the sea floor. This term is usually applied to free swimming species such as tunas and sharks; see also demersal and epipelagic …
42pelagic — oceanic or lacustrine waters occurring above the bottom; non benthic. See also epipelagic and bathypelagic, holopelagic and mesopelagic …
43pelagic — adj. [Gr. pelagos, open sea] Pertaining to the open sea; ocean dwelling …
44pelagic — /peuh laj ik/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to the open seas or oceans. 2. living or growing at or near the surface of the ocean, far from land, as certain organisms. Cf. neritic, oceanic. [1650 60; < L pelagicus < Gk pelagikós, equiv. to pélag(os)… …
45pelagic — adjective /pɛˈlædʒɪk/ Living in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters …
46pelagic — Zone above the sea bottom; or living free from the bottom [Butler, T.H.] …
47pelagic — Synonyms and related words: bathymetric, bathyorographical, deep sea, hydrographic, marine, maritime, nautical, naval, navigational, ocean going, oceanic, oceanographic, salty, seafaring, seamanlike, seamanly, terriginous, thalassic, water borne …
48pelàgic — pe|là|gic Mot Pla Adjectiu variable …
49pelagic — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Of or relating to the seas or oceans: marine, maritime, oceanic, thalassic. See SEA …
50pelagic — pɪ lædʒɪk adj. of the ocean, of sea water …
