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mesopelagic

mesopelagic adjective: describing the pelagic zone of the ocean between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic bathypelagic zones, characterized by very minimal light.

Adjective

mesopelagic (not comparable)

  1. Describing the pelagic zone of the ocean between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic bathypelagic zones, characterized by very minimal light.
    • For those animals living in the mesopelagic zone, where some light downwells from the surface, a visual predator looking up at them could see a silhouette.2001, James Willard Nybakken, Marine Biology: An Ecological Approach, page 153
    Synonyms:
    twilight

Noun

mesopelagic (plural mesopelagics)

  1. A mesopelagic fish

Synonyms of mesopelagic

Forms of mesopelagic

pluralmesopelagics

Origin of mesopelagic

From meso- + pelagic.

Words formed from mesopelagic

Questions about mesopelagic

What does mesopelagic mean?
Mesopelagic means describing the pelagic zone of the ocean between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic bathypelagic zones, characterized by very minimal light.
What part of speech is mesopelagic?
Mesopelagic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near mesopelagic in the dictionary

  1. mesopause
  2. mesopauses
  3. mesopectal
  4. mesopectus
  5. mesopelagial
  6. mesopelagic
  7. mesopelagic zone
  8. mesopelagically
  9. mesopelagics
  10. mesoperidial
  11. mesoperidium

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