adj
pelagic
Pelagic (adj) means living in the open ocean, away from the coast.
adj
1
Living in the open ocean, away from the coast.
"Besides, seeing a shark in an aquarium tank is not the same as seeing a shark in the wild, in its natural, pelagic habitat."
— Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks (1983)
2
Relating to the sea.
"Drifting idly around a broad oceanic arc, the bottle collides softly with tens of thousands of pelagic plastics all colonized by hard-shelled organisms, including barnacles, coralline algae, foraminifera and bivalve molluscs."
— David Farrier, The Bottle as Hero (2020)
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Etymology
Comes from Latin pelagicus (and possibly pelagus), from Ancient Greek πελαγικός (pelagikós), from πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”). By surface analysis, it breaks down as -pelag plus -ic.
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What is the meaning of pelagic?
"pelagic" (adj) means living in the open ocean, away from the coast.
What is another word for pelagic?
Other words for "pelagic" include oceanic.
What are the different meanings of pelagic?
"pelagic" has 2 main meanings: 1. Living in the open ocean, away from the coast; 2. Relating to the sea.
