pelagic
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pelagic
- /pəˈlæd͡ʒɪk/
- /pɛˈlæd͡ʒɪk/
Rhymes with -ædʒɪk
Where it comes from
From Latin pelagicus (and possibly pelagus); from Ancient Greek πελαγικός (pelagikós), from πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”). By surface analysis, -pelag + -ic.
adjective more pelagic · most pelagic
- Living in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters. Besides, seeing a shark in an aquarium tank is not the same as seeing a shark in the wild, in its natural, pelagic habitat.
- Of or pertaining to oceans. 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.
noun pelagics
- Any organism that lives in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters. The Albatrosses are true pelagics and seldom come to land except to nest.
Translations
Talk about this word "pelagic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pelagic. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pelagic. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pelagic "pelagic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pelagic.Cite this
@misc{pelagic_2026,
title = {pelagic},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pelagic},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
