pelagic
1pelagic — PELÁGIC, Ă, pelagici, ce, adj. 1. (În sintagma) Zonă pelagică = totalitatea apelor din lacuri, mări şi oceane situate deasupra zonelor de fund (începând de la adâncimea de circa 200 m). ♦ Care se referă la zona definită mai sus, care aparţine… …
2Pelagic — Pe*lag ic, 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. [1913 Webster] …
3pelagic — pertaining to the sea, 1650s, from L. pelagicus, from Gk. pelagikos, from pelagos sea, from PIE *p(e)lag to spread out (Cf. Gk. plagos side, L. plaga hunting net, curtain, region ), from root *pele spread out, flat (see PLANE (Cf …
4pelagic — *aquatic, marine, oceanic, thalassic, neritic, abyssal, lacustrine, fluvial, fluviatile …
5pelagic — [pi laj′ik] adj. [L pelagicus < Gr pelagos, the sea < IE * plāg , to spread out < base * plā > PLAIN1] of the ocean waters; esp., of the oceanic zone, as distinguished from the benthic regions of the ocean …
6pelagic — adjective Etymology: Latin pelagicus, from Greek pelagikos, from pelagos sea more at plagal Date: circa 1656 of, relating to, or living or occurring in the open sea ; oceanic < pelagic sediment > < pelagic birds > • pelagic noun …
7pelagic — Fish that spend most of their life swimming in the water column as opposed to resting on the bottom are known as pelagic species …
8pelagic — Of, relating to, or living in open oceans or seas rather than waters adjacent to land or inland waters. Fish that spend most of their life swimming in the water column as opposed to resting on the bottom are known as pelagic species …
9pelagic — pe|lag|ic [pıˈlædʒık] adj technical [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: pelagicus, from Greek, from pelagos sea ] relating to or living in the deep sea, far from shore ▪ pelagic fish …
10pelagic — pe|lag|ic [ pə lædʒık ] adjective SCIENCE relating to the parts of the ocean that are far from land a. pelagic fish live near the surface of the ocean …
