Definitions
Etymologies
- epi- + pelagic (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Composition, structure and dynamics of the epipelagic nekton communities.”
“Functioning of pelagic communities in the oceanic epipelagic layer.”
“Interannual changes in fish communities in upper epipelagic layer in the western Bering Sea and Pacific waters off Kamchatka.”
“It has relatively low diversity but makes an important contribution to the total African, and global, fish catch, with epipelagic species including the South African pilchard and the Cape anchovy.”
“Deep sea adaptation of epipelagic chaetognatha Sagitta elegans in the Japan Sea.”
“Brodeur R.D., and D.M. Ware, 1995. interdecadal variability in distribution and catch rates of epipelagic nekton in the Northeast Pacific Ocean.”
“These characteristics apply to the main prey of guano birds, the Peruvian anchovy, an extremely abundant epipelagic fish, patchily distributed in space and in time”
“Most of the marine life familiar to us at the surface inhabits the epipelagic zone, the sunlit realm, stretching down to about 600 feet.”
“The epipelagic fish community of Beaufort Sea coastal waters, Alaska.”
“Randall, aE. and C. dAnderson 1993 Annotated hecklist of the epipelagic and shore fishes of the Maldives Islands.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘epipelagic’.
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Piper
Words containing *pipe*.
bagpipe, bagpipes, bagpiper, bagpipers, blowpipe, blowpipes, downpipe, downpipes, drainpipe, drainpipes, epipelagic, epipelagic zone and 92 more...
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the omnibus
preponderance, idioglossia, acumen, heteronym, flux, anacoluthon, metonymy, impetus, constellation, exegesis, revelatory, cloistered and 877 more...
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obscurities
obscure but intriguing words
anthropophagous, limicolous, swannery, salicaceous, cruciverbalist, anaphrodisia, anfractuousity, saprophage, agrostology, rupicolous, cunctation, fungible and 41 more...
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scientific jargon
pseudotribosphenic, entomopathogenic, electroporator, carboy, hadalpelagic, abyssopelagic, epipelagic, bathypelagic, endorheic, hexapus, roentgenology, vibrissae and 11 more...
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fun to say2
marmoreal, monomania, parenthetically, vestigial, heathenish, harlequinade, hallucinatory, somnipathy, alphanumeric, algidity, agrarian, acclivitous and 61 more...
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