Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or belonging to the open sea; more recently, living on or near the surface of the ocean, at some distance from land; pelagic.

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Examples

  • Toulon, and the second was a certain Don Mario, a fat and learned newt from Cuba carrying out scientific work in the field of plankton and neritic pelagial.

    The War with the Newts 2006

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