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deepwater

deepwater

1 4.0
The deep part of a sea or lake away from the shore
  • noun
  • /ˈdiːpˌwɔːtər/
: aguas profundas
  • The difference in size between the deepwater group and blue rockfish shrank from 10 cm in 1991 to only 5 cm by 1994.
  • deepwater snapper
  • deepwater species

Examples

  • The change in target species from shallow-water species to deepwater species in 1977-78 increased the mean length of combined rockfish in the catch.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Relatively little is known about the reproduction and early life history of deepwater snappers in Hawaii.

    Academic text (1993)

  • As the catch shifted to deepwater species by 1977, the mean length increased.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The smaller size of the deepwater species has noticeably affected the overall mean length.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Several different stock assessment approaches have been applied to the Hawaiian deepwater snapper fishery.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Little information currently exists on larval development, settlement, or early juvenile life history of deepwater snappers in Hawaii.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Grouping the species together by fishing depths reveals the influence of deepwater species on the overall mean length (Fig. 9).

    Academic text (1998)

  • The larger deepwater species (bocaccio and chilipepper) are harvested mostly by the commercial fisheries.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The commercially important deepwater lutjanids inhabit the deep slopes of island coasts and banks at depths of 100 to 400 m.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The research team discovered unique marine life in the deepwater regions of the ocean.

Synonyms

depths
vsdeepwater
78 3.9

The lowest parts of a place or a feeling

describes far-from-shore physical parts rather than figurative hidden areas
deep
vsdeepwater
38 7.4

A very low, steep part of the ocean floor

is used for far-from-shore areas in seas or lakes rather than trenches
deep sea
vsdeepwater
30 3.6

The deepest parts of the ocean far below the surface where little or no sunlight reaches

is used for far-from-shore parts of any water body, not only ocean zones

Antonyms

shallow
13 3.3

A part of a river or sea that is not deep

Compounds

deepwater pipefish
  • US
9.9

A small sea fish with a long thin body and a tube-shaped snout about 20 cm long

deepwater squirrelfish
  • US
9.9

A fish found in the western Atlantic from South Carolina to Bermuda and the Gulf of Mexico

How Deep

seabed
11 2.4
deepwater
1 4.0
mid-water
  • Specialized
1 6.6
surface
71 3.4

Surface Forms

deepwater singular
deepwaters plural

Morphology

deepwater = deep + water (transparent) = deep + water

Directly names the deep part of a body of water using the clear compound 'deep' + 'water'.

Etymology

Deepwater comes from deep ('far down') and water ('sea or lake'), and it names the deep, far-off parts of a sea or lake where sunlight cannot reach.