| 单词 | pelagic |
| 释义 | pelagic[ puh-laj-ik ] / pəˈlædʒ ɪk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pelagic ON THESAURUS.COM adjectiveof or relating to the open seas or oceans. living or growing at or near the surface of the ocean, far from land, as certain organisms. Compare neritic, oceanic. Origin of pelagic1650–60; <Latin pelagicus<Greek pelagikós, equivalent to pélag(os) the sea + -ikos-ic OTHER WORDS FROM pelagicnon·pe·lag·ic, adjectiveWords nearby pelagicpelage, Pelagian, Pelagian Islands, Pelagianism, Pelagianize, pelagic, pelagic division, Pelagius, Pelagius I, Pelagius II, pelargonic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pelagicBritish Dictionary definitions for pelagicpelagic / (pɛˈlædʒɪk) / adjectiveof or relating to the open seapelagic whaling (of marine life) living or occurring in the upper waters of open sea (of geological formations) derived from material that has fallen to the bottom from the upper waters of the sea Word Origin for pelagicC17: from Latin pelagicus, from pelagus, from Greek pelagos sea Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for pelagicpelagic [ pə-lăj′ĭk ] Relating to or living in or on oceanic waters. 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. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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