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cryopelagic

cryopelagic adjective: of cold, deep oceanic waters.

Adjective

cryopelagic (comparative more cryopelagic, superlative most cryopelagic)

  1. Of cold, deep oceanic waters.
  2. Regularly found in open waters, but associated with the underside of surface ice cover.

Forms of cryopelagic

comparativemore cryopelagic
superlativemost cryopelagic

Origin of cryopelagic

From cryo- + pelagic.

Questions about cryopelagic

What does cryopelagic mean?
Cryopelagic means of cold, deep oceanic waters.
What part of speech is cryopelagic?
Cryopelagic is an adjective.

Words near cryopelagic in the dictionary

  1. cryopedologists
  2. cryopedology
  3. cryopedoturbation
  4. cryopeg
  5. cryopegs
  6. cryopelagic
  7. cryopexies
  8. cryopexy
  9. cryophile
  10. cryophiles
  11. cryophilia

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