"mesopelagic" meaning in English

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        "(oceanography) Describing a pelagic zone of the oceans between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic bathypelagic zones"
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          "sense": "relating to the zone of the ocean between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic bathypelagic zones",
          "word": "mesopelaginen"
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