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.]
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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.]
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.
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
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
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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