About The Word Pelagic
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Pelagic
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What's The Definition Of Pelagic?
[adj] relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean; "oceanic islands like Bermuda"; "oceanic currents"; "oceanic birds"; "pelagic organisms"; "pelagic whaling"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pelagic: oceanic Related Terms | Find terms related to Pelagic: bathymetric | bathyorographical | deep-sea | hydrographic | marine | maritime | nautical | naval | navigational | ocean-going | oceanic | oceanographic | salty | seafaring | seamanlike | seamanly | terriginous | thalassic | water-borne See Also | Pelagic In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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