Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or inhabiting the layer of the water column of the open ocean that lies below the abyssopelagic layer at depths greater than about 6,000 meters (19,680 feet).
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- adjective
hadalpelagic
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[had(al) + pelagic.]
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Examples
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In addition, if deep-sea bacterial hadopelagic zones are unknown.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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[[abyssopelagic]] and [[hadopelagic]] zones are unknown.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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[[abyssopelagic]] and [[hadopelagic]] zones are unknown.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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