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- Living on the surface of the sea only at night, and sinking to the depths of the sea during the day. Pyrosoma, most pteropods and heteropods, and many crustaceans, medusæ, and siphonophores, are examples of nyctipelagic organisms.
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A roster of adjectives that infrequently surface in typical conversation and writing. Many are dredged from scientific or other technical jargon or sieved from examples of disused archaic forms.
unitegmic, acaulescent, reticuloendothelial, ingressive, uniate, acanthopterygian, ossific, epiphysial, perivisceral, acœlomatous, cestoid, acælomate and 7756 more...
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