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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean;
- Example: "oceanic islands like Bermuda"
- Example: "oceanic currents"
- Example: "oceanic birds"
- Example: "pelagic organisms"
- Example: "pelagic whaling"
[syn: oceanic, pelagic]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pelagic \Pe*lag"ic\, a. [L. pelagicus.]
   Of or pertaining to the ocean; -- applied especially to
   animals that live at the surface of the ocean, away from the
   coast. Compare benthic.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pelagic
    adj 1: relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the
           open ocean; "oceanic islands like Bermuda"; "oceanic
           currents"; "oceanic birds"; "pelagic organisms"; "pelagic
           whaling" [syn: oceanic, pelagic]