pelagic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /pəˈlæd͡ʒɪk/
- /pɛˈlæd͡ʒɪk/
Etymology
From Latin pelagicus (and possibly pelagus); from Ancient Greek πελαγικός (pelagikós), from πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”). By surface analysis, -pelag + -ic.
Meanings
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Living in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters.
The main fish species in freshwater ponds in China are silver carp, bighead carp, grass carp, common carp, crucian carp, black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus), mud carp (Cirrhinus molitorella), etc. According to their live habitat, they can be divided relatively into pelagic and benthic fish.
2023 April 4, Shuang-Lin Dong, Xiang-Li Tian, Qin-Feng Gao, Yun-Wei Dong, Aquaculture Ecology, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 342:Besides, seeing a shark in an aquarium tank is not the same as seeing a shark in the wild, in its natural, pelagic habitat.
1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 13:
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Of or pertaining to oceans.
Drifting idly around a broad oceanic arc, the bottle collides softly with tens of thousands of pelagic plastics all colonized by hard-shelled organisms, including barnacles, coralline algae, foraminifera and bivalve molluscs.
2020, David Farrier, “The Bottle as Hero”, in Footprints, 4th Estate, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more pelagic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most pelagic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
archipelagic · chimopelagic · eupelagic · nyctipelagic · mesopelagic · micropelagic · allopelagic · biopelagic · epipelagic · abyssalpelagic · pelagic trawl · nonpelagic · benthopelagic · abyssopelagic · semipelagic · cryopelagic · hemipelagic · pelagically · bathypelagic · holopelagic · hadopelagic · pelagic zone · hadalpelagic
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
benthic · bathypelagic · mesopelagic · photic · abyssopelagic · hadopelagic · planktonic · aphotic · oceanic · epipelagic · neritic
Translations (20)
es pelágico (living in the open sea) · cs pelagický (living in the open sea) · ja 外洋性の (living in the open sea) · fr pélagique (living in the open sea) · ro pelagic (living in the open sea) · ca pelàgic (living in the open sea) · it pelagico (living in the open sea) · bg океа́нски (living in the open sea) · pl pelagiczny (living in the open sea) · pl żyjący blisko powierzchni wody (living in the open sea) · bg пелаги́чен (living in the open sea) · el πελαγικός (living in the open sea) · de pelagisch (living in the open sea) · pt pelágico (living in the open sea) · gl peláxico (living in the open sea) · nl pelagisch (living in the open sea) · bg пелаги́чески (living in the open sea) · fi pelaginen (living in the open sea) · ko 원양 (living in the open sea) · bg мо́рски (living in the open sea)