"pelagic" meaning in English

See pelagic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /pəˈlæd͡ʒɪk/, /pɛˈlæd͡ʒɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pelagic.wav Forms: more pelagic [comparative], most pelagic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ædʒɪk Etymology: From Latin pelagicus (and possibly pelagus); from Ancient Greek πελαγικός (pelagikós), from πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|pelagicus}} Latin pelagicus, {{der|en|grc|πελαγικός}} Ancient Greek πελαγικός (pelagikós) Head templates: {{en-adj}} pelagic (comparative more pelagic, superlative most pelagic)
  1. (biology) Living in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters. Categories (topical): Biology Translations (living in the open sea): морски (morski) (Bulgarian), океански (okeanski) (Bulgarian), pelàgic (Catalan), pelagisch (Dutch), pelaginen (Finnish), pélagique (French), peláxico (Galician), pelagisch (German), pelagico (Italian), 外洋性の (gaiyōsēno) (Japanese), 원양 (wonyang) (Korean), pelágico (Portuguese), pelágico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pelagic-en-adj-cvsTGWAK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 18 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 17 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 38 18 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 19 41 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'living in the open sea': 95 5
  2. Of or pertaining to oceans.
    Sense id: en-pelagic-en-adj-Zf2nploL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 18 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 17 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 38 18 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 19 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Oceanography Hypernyms: marine

Noun

IPA: /pəˈlæd͡ʒɪk/, /pɛˈlæd͡ʒɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pelagic.wav Forms: pelagics [plural]
Rhymes: -ædʒɪk Etymology: From Latin pelagicus (and possibly pelagus); from Ancient Greek πελαγικός (pelagikós), from πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|pelagicus}} Latin pelagicus, {{der|en|grc|πελαγικός}} Ancient Greek πελαγικός (pelagikós) Head templates: {{en-noun}} pelagic (plural pelagics)
  1. (biology) Any organism that lives in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters. Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-pelagic-en-noun-jGywN6Yt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 18 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 17 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 38 18 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 19 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 32 22 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 32 22 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 32 20 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 32 22 46 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 20 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 32 22 46 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 31 23 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 31 21 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 31 21 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 32 22 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 32 22 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 33 19 48 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Oceanography
Disambiguation of Oceanography: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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      "word": "aphotic"
    },
    {
      "word": "neritic"
    },
    {
      "word": "oceanic"
    },
    {
      "word": "planktonic"
    },
    {
      "word": "epipelagic"
    },
    {
      "word": "mesopelagic"
    },
    {
      "word": "bathypelagic"
    },
    {
      "word": "abyssopelagic"
    },
    {
      "word": "hadopelagic"
    },
    {
      "word": "benthic"
    }
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          "ref": "1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 13:",
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        "(biology) Living in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters."
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          "ref": "2020, David Farrier, “The Bottle as Hero”, in Footprints, 4th Estate, →ISBN:",
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        "Of or pertaining to oceans."
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "living in the open sea",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "living in the open sea",
      "word": "pelagisch"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "living in the open sea",
      "word": "pelaginen"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "living in the open sea",
      "word": "pélagique"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "living in the open sea",
      "word": "peláxico"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "living in the open sea",
      "word": "pelagisch"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "living in the open sea",
      "word": "pelagico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gaiyōsēno",
      "sense": "living in the open sea",
      "word": "外洋性の"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "wonyang",
      "sense": "living in the open sea",
      "word": "원양"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "living in the open sea",
      "word": "pelágico"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "living in the open sea",
      "word": "pelágico"
    }
  ],
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}

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}

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