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nyctipelagic

nyctipelagic adjective: appearing on the surface of the sea only at night.

Adjective

nyctipelagic (not comparable)

  1. Appearing on the surface of the sea only at night.

Origin of nyctipelagic

By surface analysis, nycti- + -pelag + -ic.

Questions about nyctipelagic

What does nyctipelagic mean?
Nyctipelagic means appearing on the surface of the sea only at night.
What part of speech is nyctipelagic?
Nyctipelagic is an adjective.

Words near nyctipelagic in the dictionary

  1. nyctibiid
  2. nyctibiids
  3. nyctinastic
  4. nyctinastism
  5. nyctinasty
  6. nyctipelagic
  7. nyctiphruretid
  8. nyctiphruretids
  9. nyctitheriid
  10. nyctitheriids
  11. nyctitropic

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