pelagic

3 definitions found

pelagic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pelagic \Pe*lag"ic\, a. [L. pelagicus.]
     Of or pertaining to the ocean; -- applied especially to
     animals that live at the surface of the ocean, away from the
     coast. Compare benthic.
     [1913 Webster]

pelagic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pelagic
      adj 1: relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the
             open ocean; "oceanic islands like Bermuda"; "oceanic
             currents"; "oceanic birds"; "pelagic organisms"; "pelagic
             whaling" [syn: oceanic, pelagic]

pelagic - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "pelagic":
     bathymetric, bathyorographical, deep-sea, hydrographic, marine,
     maritime, nautical, naval, navigational, ocean-going, oceanic,
     oceanographic, salty, seafaring, seamanlike, seamanly, terriginous,
     thalassic, water-borne