pelagic
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- adjective
- /pəˈlædʒɪk/
- Specialized
:
pelágico
- King mackerel, Scomberomorus cavalla, is a coastal, pelagic scombrid found off the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts.
- pelagic fishery
- pelagic fish
- pelagic species
Examples
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The fishing methods, target species, vessel sizes, yields, and operational areas of Hawaii's domestic pelagic fisheries are diverse.
Academic text (1993) -
The acoustic method for pelagic stock assessment is based on the principle of echo integration.
Academic text (1994) -
Local common names for the pelagic species are often used for reporting catch statistics, resulting in some confusion.
Academic text (1993) -
Fish community structure, in turn, affects benthic and pelagic invertebrate communities.
Academic text (1999) -
In contrast, there are few references on the impact of oil spills on pelagic fishery resources.
Academic text (1992) -
In recent years (1987-91), the composition and magnitude of Hawaii's commercial pelagic fisheries have changed.
Academic text (1993) -
Targeting different species of snapper seasonally, or fishing for pelagic species when bottomfish are scarce, is now commonly practiced.
Academic text (1993) -
In contrast, local shore-fish communities are strongly interconnected by the dispersal of the pelagic larvae that most marine fishes produce.
Academic text (2008) -
Shomura indicated that while deep slope and offshore pelagic landings had increased significantly, inshore and coastal landings were declining.
Academic text (1993) -
Many species of fish thrive in the pelagic waters of the open ocean, far from the sea floor.
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Compounds
How Offshore
Surface Forms
Morphology
pelagic = pelag + ic
Formed from the learned Greek combining form 'pelag-' (sea) plus the suffix '-ic'; the root is not a standalone English word, so learners cannot transparently derive the meaning from familiar English base words.
Etymology
The word pelagic comes from the Greek root pelagos, which means 'open sea', and you can see the same root in archipelago, a group of islands in the sea. So pelagic describes animals or things that live out in the 'open sea', away from the coast and the sea floor.