adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a pelagic shark
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A pelagic habit and a delicate, gelatinous body account for their poor fossil record.
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It has set a total quota for all pelagic species of just 60,000 tonnes for 1991.
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Larvae may immediately become bottom dwellers or pelagic for a short period to be broadcast over vast distances by ocean currents.
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Overfishing alone is responsible for the sorry state of the pelagic fish populations.
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They became masters of the pelagic realm, possibly swimming in schools like their distant relatives the squids.
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Were these organisms pelagic or benthic?