Pelagic

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• pelagic — 1> пелагический, морской, океанический Ex: pelagic sealing морской лов на котиков Ex: pelagic fish морская рыба …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

• pelagic — adj. пелагический (о фациях), морской, океанический; pelagicsealing …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

• pelagic — pɪˈlædʒɪk прил. пелагический, морской, океанический pelagic sediment ≈ океаническое отложение pelagic birds ≈ морские птицы pelagic sealing пелагический, морской, океанический * sealing морской лов на котиков * fish морская …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

• pelagic — adjective Etymology: Latin pelagicus, from Greek pelagikos, from pelagos sea more at plagal Date: circa 1656 of, relating to, or living or occurring in the open sea ; oceanic < pelagic sediment > < pelagic birds > • pelagic noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• pelagic — Inhabiting surface waters rather than the sea floor. This term is usually applied to free swimming species such as tunas and sharks; see also demersal and epipelagic …   Fisheries — dictionary

• pelagic — Fish that spend most of their life swimming in the water column as opposed to resting on the bottom are known as pelagic species …   Fisheries — dictionary

• pelagic — Of, relating to, or living in open oceans or seas rather than waters adjacent to land or inland waters. Fish that spend most of their life swimming in the water column as opposed to resting on the bottom are known as pelagic species …   Fisheries — dictionary

• pelagic — oceanic or lacustrine waters occurring above the bottom; non benthic. See also epipelagic and bathypelagic, holopelagic and mesopelagic …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• pelagic — adj. [Gr. pelagos, open sea] Pertaining to the open sea; ocean dwelling …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• pelagic — /peuh laj ik/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to the open seas or oceans. 2. living or growing at or near the surface of the ocean, far from land, as certain organisms. Cf. neritic, oceanic. [1650 60; < L pelagicus < Gk pelagikós, equiv. to pélag(os)… …   Universalium