Phrase Hound found 6 phrases and 18 compound words that contain pelagic. The most common are listed below. Open pelagic in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 6
- pelagic zoneThe mass of water in a lake or ocean not close to the bottom and not near the shore.
- pelagic trawlA trawl that goes through the water column rather than on the bottom.
- pelagic zonesplural of pelagic zone: The mass of water in a lake or ocean not close to the bottom and not near the shore.
- semi-pelagicAlternative spelling of semipelagic: Partially living their life on the bottom (benthic) and partially living their life in the water column above (pelagic).
- pelagic trawlsplural of pelagic trawl: A trawl that goes through the water column rather than on the bottom.
- bentho-pelagicAlternative form of benthopelagic: Both benthic and pelagic.
Compound words 18
- benthopelagicBoth benthic and pelagic.
- abyssopelagicOf or pertaining to the depths of the ocean; of the open waters of the abyssal zone.
- epipelagicSynonym of photic (“Describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible.”).
- pelagicallyIn a pelagic way; in or of the open sea.
- abyssalpelagicAlternative form of abyssopelagic: Of or pertaining to the depths of the ocean; of the open waters of the abyssal zone.
- allopelagicThat lives at a variety of depths
- biopelagicDescribing the biological content of the open seas, especially the sediment that drifts down from dead organisms
- eupelagicSynonym of pelagic: Living in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters.
- hadalpelagicRelating to the oceans at depths greater than 6,000 meters in the suboceanic trenches.
- hemipelagicDescribing a marine environment that has both neritic and pelagic characteristics.