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Definition of pelagic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pelagic

adjective
 
/pəˈlædʒɪk/
 
/pəˈlædʒɪk/
(specialist)
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  1. connected with, or living in, the parts of the sea that are far from land
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek pelagikos, from pelagios ‘of the sea’ (from pelagos ‘level surface of the sea’).
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