PELAGE | • pelage n. Fur, or any other form of the coat of a mammal. • PELAGE n. (French) the coat or covering of a mammal. |
PELAGES | • pelages n. Plural of pelage. • PELAGE n. (French) the coat or covering of a mammal. |
PELAGIC | • pelagic adj. (Biology) Living in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters. • pelagic adj. Of or pertaining to oceans. • pelagic n. (Biology) Any organism that lives in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters. |
PELAGIAL | • pelagial adj. Synonym of pelagic. • PELAGIAL adj. of or pertaining to the sea, also PELAGIAN. • PELAGIAL n. an open body of water such as a lake or the sea, as opposed to the shore or the bed. |
PELAGIAN | • pelagian adj. (Archaic) pelagic; of or pertaining to the sea. • Pelagian adj. Of or pertaining to Pelagius (circa 354–420/440), an ascetic who denied the need for divine aid in performing… • Pelagian n. A supporter of the doctrines of Pelagius. |
PELAGICS | • pelagics n. Plural of pelagic. • PELAGIC n. a creature living in the open sea. |
PELAGIALS | • PELAGIAL n. an open body of water such as a lake or the sea, as opposed to the shore or the bed. |
PELAGIANS | • Pelagians n. Plural of Pelagian. • PELAGIAN n. an inhabitant of the open sea, also PELAGIAL. |
EPIPELAGIC | • epipelagic adj. Of, pertaining to, or inhabiting the water from the surface of the sea down to 200 metres. • EPIPELAGIC adj. relating to the upper, sunlit layer of sea. |
ARCHIPELAGO | • archipelago n. (Now rare) The Aegean Sea. • archipelago n. (Collective) A group of islands. • archipelago n. (By extension) Something scattered around like an archipelago. |
MESOPELAGIC | • mesopelagic adj. (Oceanography) Describing a pelagic zone of the oceans between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic… • mesopelagic n. A mesopelagic fish. • MESOPELAGIC adj. of or relating to oceanic depths from about 600 feet to 3000 feet. |
ARCHIPELAGIC | • archipelagic adj. (Geography) Of or pertaining to an archipelago; of the nature of an archipelago. • ARCHIPELAGIC adj. of, relating to, or located in an archipelago, also ARCHIPELAGIAN. |
ARCHIPELAGOS | • archipelagos n. Plural of archipelago. • ARCHIPELAGO n. a chain or set of islands grouped together. |
BATHYPELAGIC | • bathypelagic adj. (Oceanography) Of or pertaining to the parts of the oceans at depths between 1000 and 4000 meters deep. • BATHYPELAGIC adj. found in the depths of the sea, down to 4000 metres below sea level. |
ABYSSOPELAGIC | • abyssopelagic adj. Of or pertaining to the depths of the ocean; of the open waters of the abyssal zone. • ABYSSOPELAGIC adj. pertaining to the deepest regions of the ocean. |
ARCHIPELAGIAN | • ARCHIPELAGIAN adj. of, relating to, or located in an archipelago, also ARCHIPELAGIC. |
ARCHIPELAGOES | • archipelagoes n. Plural of archipelago. • ARCHIPELAGO n. a chain or set of islands grouped together. |
BENTHOPELAGIC | • benthopelagic adj. Both benthic and pelagic. • benthopelagic n. Any such organism. • BENTHOPELAGIC adj. living just above the seabed. |