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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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "pelagic": bathymetric, bathyorographical, deep-sea, hydrographic, marine, maritime, nautical, naval, navigational, ocean-going, oceanic, oceanographic, salty, seafaring, seamanlike, seamanly, terriginous, thalassic, water-borne