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bathypelagic

[ bath-uh-puh-laj-ik ]
/ ˌbæθ ə pəˈlædʒ ɪk /

adjective Oceanography.

pertaining to or living in the bathyal region of an ocean.

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Origin of bathypelagic

First recorded in 1905–10; bathy- + pelagic

Words nearby bathypelagic

bathwater, bathy-, bathyal, bathylimnetic, bathymetry, bathypelagic, bathypelagic zone, bathyscaph, bathyscaphe, bathysphere, bathythermogram
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British Dictionary definitions for bathypelagic

bathypelagic
/ (ˌbæθɪpəˈlædʒɪk) /

adjective

of, relating to, or inhabiting the lower depths of the ocean between approximately 1000 and 4000 metres
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