abyssopelagic
/əˌbɪsə(ʊ)pɪˈladʒɪk/Ecology
adjective
Designating a region of the open water of seas and oceans which is at great depth but away from the sea floor; (of an organism) living in such a region.
Origin
Mid 19th century. From post-classical Latin abyssus abyss + -o- + pelagic.
- railroad service
- railroad speed
- railroad spike
- railroad switch
- railroad tie
- railroad time
- railroad track
- railroad trestle
- railroad worm
- rail sickness
- rail-splitter
- rails run
- rail station
- rail timber
- Railtrack
- rail train
- rail tree
- rail turn
- railway
- Railway Act
- railwayana
- railway beetle
- railway bill
- railway brain
- railway bull