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Grammar : Adj
Spell : puh-laj-ik
Phonetic Transcription : pəˈlædʒ ɪk


Définition of pelagic

Origin :
  • "pertaining to the sea," 1650s, from Latin pelagicus, from Greek pelagikos, from pelagos "sea, high sea, open sea, main," from PIE *pelag- "to spread out" (cf. Greek plagos "side," Latin plaga "hunting net, curtain, region"), possibly from root *plak- (1) "to spread out, be flat" (see placenta).
  • adj oceanic
Example sentences :
  • The fishes of this family are all pelagic, and most of them are highly valued for food.
  • Extract from : « Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others » by James Alexander Henshall
  • In their morphological characters they gradually approach the pelagic forms upwards and the abyssal downwards.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • These birds are the most pelagic of all, and only visit the land to breed.
  • Extract from : « Among the Birds in Northern Shires » by Charles Dixon
  • This species differs from the Pelagic chiefly in having the forehead bare.
  • Extract from : « The Bird Book » by Chester A. Reed
  • As they are pelagic, the shells are not readily to be obtained.
  • Extract from : « Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils » by Peter Gray
  • The tadpoles of S. baudini, cyanosticta, phaeota, and puma are pelagic inhabitants of shallow ponds.
  • Extract from : « Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca » by William E. Duellman
  • When disturbed the pelagic tadpoles usually dive and seek shelter amidst vegetation or in mud on the bottom.
  • Extract from : « Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca » by William E. Duellman
  • The pelagic animals, therefore, were not found at the sea surface alone, but were also drawn from considerable depths.
  • Extract from : « The Popular Science Monthly, August, 1900 » by Various
  • Both British and American sealers have been known to fly the Japanese flag when engaged in pelagic sealing in forbidden waters.
  • Extract from : « Alaska » by Ella Higginson
  • The Cete are all predaceous, fish, pelagic crustaceans, and especially squids and cuttlefishes forming their principal food.
  • Extract from : « Elementary Zoology, Second Edition » by Vernon L. Kellogg

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