PELAGIC


Meaning of PELAGIC in English

/ pəˈlædʒɪk; NAmE / adjective

( technical ) connected with, or living in, the parts of the sea that are far from land

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek pelagikos , from pelagios of the sea (from pelagos level surface of the sea).

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