Pelagic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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. Compare {benthic}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "pelagic":
     bathymetric, bathyorographical, deep-sea, hydrographic, marine,
     maritime, nautical, naval, navigational, ocean-going, oceanic,
     oceanographic, salty, seafaring, seamanlike, seamanly, terriginous,
     thalassic, water-borne