pelagic

adj.
Of, relating to, or living in open oceans or seas rather than waters adjacent to land or inland waters: pelagic birds.

[Latin pelagicus, from Greek pelagikos, from pelagos, sea.]

adjective

Of or relating to the seas or oceans: marine, maritime, oceanic, thalassic. See sea.

Of marine life, belonging to the upper layers of the sea.

Living in the middle or near the surface of large bodies of water such as lakes or oceans.

[fr. classical L. pelagicus, of the sea]  of or relating to the open sea, oceanic; also, pelagian

IN BRIEF: adj. - Living or occurring in open waters

The biologist studied the migratory behavior of pelagic seabirds.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - pelagisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
betreffende de oceaan/ zee

Français (French)
adj. - pélagique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - auf dem offenem Meer, Hochsee-

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πελάγιος, του πελάγους, πελαγίσιος

Italiano (Italian)
pelagico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - pelágico

Русский (Russian)
океанический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - pelágico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - (djup-)havs-, djupvattens-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
远洋的, 浮游的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 遠洋的, 浮游的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 원양의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 海洋の, 遠海の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) بحري, أحياء بحريه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של אוקיינוס, של לב-ים‬

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