mes·o·pe·lag·ic

[mez-uh-puh-laj-ik, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh-]
adjective Oceanography.
of, pertaining to, or living in the ocean at a depth of between 600 feet (180 meters) and 3000 feet (900 meters).

Origin:
1945–50; meso- + pelagic

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mesopelagic (ˌmɛsəʊpəˈlædʒɪk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
of, relating to, or inhabiting the intermediate depths of the ocean between approximately 100 and 1000 metres

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Mesopelagic is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
Example sentences
There is currently some interest in developing a mesopelagic trawl survey index which might begin this process.
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