bathypelagic

 [bath-uh-puh-laj-ik]  

bath·y·pe·lag·ic

   [bath-uh-puh-laj-ik]
adjective Oceanography.
pertaining to or living in the bathyal region of an ocean.
Origin:
1905–10; bathy- + pelagic
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bathypelagic (ˌbæθɪpəˈlædʒɪk)
 
—adj
of, relating to, or inhabiting the lower depths of the ocean between approximately 1000 and 4000 metres

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