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semipelagic

semipelagic adjective: partially living their life on the bottom (benthic) and partially living their life in the water column above (pelagic).

Adjective

semipelagic (comparative more semipelagic, superlative most semipelagic)

  1. Partially living their life on the bottom (benthic) and partially living their life in the water column above (pelagic).

Forms of semipelagic

comparativemore semipelagic
superlativemost semipelagic
alternative formsemi-pelagic

Origin of semipelagic

From semi- + pelagic.

Questions about semipelagic

What does semipelagic mean?
Semipelagic means partially living their life on the bottom (benthic) and partially living their life in the water column above (pelagic).
What part of speech is semipelagic?
Semipelagic is an adjective.

Words near semipelagic in the dictionary

  1. semipeds
  2. semipedunculated
  3. Semipelagian
  4. Semipelagianism
  5. Semipelagians
  6. semipelagic
  7. semipellucid
  8. semipendent
  9. semipenniform
  10. semiperfect
  11. semiperfect number

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