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pelagophil

pelagophil noun: any fish that lives (or spawns) in the open sea.

Noun

pelagophil (plural pelagophils)

  1. Any fish that lives (or spawns) in the open sea.

Forms of pelagophil

pluralpelagophils

Origin of pelagophil

From New Latin; by surface analysis, pelag(us) + -o- + phil.

Questions about pelagophil

What does pelagophil mean?
Pelagophil means any fish that lives (or spawns) in the open sea.
What part of speech is pelagophil?
Pelagophil is a noun.
What is the plural of pelagophil?
The plural of pelagophil is pelagophils.

Words near pelagophil in the dictionary

  1. Pelagios
  2. pelagiphage
  3. pelagiphages
  4. Pelagius
  5. pelagobenthic
  6. pelagophil
  7. pelagophilous
  8. pelagophils
  9. pelagophily
  10. pelagophycean
  11. pelagophyceans

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