Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pelagic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pelagic
adj : 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}]
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