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pelagic, pelagian, pelagial (adjective), more pelagic, most pelagic
1. Relating to organisms living in open oceans or seas rather than in waters near land or inland waters: Some kinds of birds are known to be pelagic, but also some fish are pelagic-neritic and grow to about 8.0 cm in length.
2. Concerning organisms that live or grow at or near the surface of the ocean, far from land: In Ruth's biology book, she read about pelagial areas in the seas and what organisms dwelled there.
3. Pertaining to the sea; marine: It is possible to find pelagian shells when on vacation near the ocean.

The pelagic zone of the ocean begins at the low tide mark and includes the entire oceanic water column. The pelagic ecosystem is largely dependent on the phytoplankton inhabiting the upper sunlit regions, where most ocean organisms live.

Biodiversity decreases sharply in the unlit zones where water pressure is high, temperatures are cold, and food sources scarce. Pelagic waters are divided, in descending order, into the epipelagic, mesopelagic, bathypelagic, abyssopelagic, and hadopelagic zones.

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pelagic division (s) (noun), pelagic divisions (pl)
A body of water or a realm which includes areas of water at all depths: The research vessel was studying the pelagic division of the North Atlantic Ocean.
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pelagic zone (s) (noun), pelagic zones (pl)
1. Water in the ocean which is not close to the bottom: The pelagic zones consist of the waters in a sea that are usually not close to the shores.
2. Etymology: from Latin pelagicus; from Greek pelagikos, from pelagos, "sea, high sea, open sea".
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pelagic (adjective), more pelagic, most pelagic
1. Referring to the fish and animals that live in the open sea far from the shore: Palagic areas are related to creatures that exist in the expansive bodies of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface rather than areas which are adjacent to land or inland rivers or streams.
2. Relating to the ocean or the open sea: Pelagic habitats differ depending on the water depth in the aquatic areas.
3. Etymology: from Greek pelagikos, from pelagos, "the sea".
Conducting activities on the open sea.
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