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ɪk
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–adjective
1.
of or pertaining to the open seas or oceans.
2.
living or growing at or near the surface of the ocean, far from land, as certain organisms.
Compare
neritic
,
oceanic
.
Origin:
1650–60;
< L
pelagicus
< Gk
pelagikós,
equiv. to
pélag
(
os
) the sea +
-ikos
-ic
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pe·lag·ic
(pə-lāj'ĭk)
adj. Of, relating to, or living in open oceans or seas rather than waters adjacent to land or inland waters:
pelagic birds.
[Latin
pelagicus
, from Greek
pelagikos
, from
pelagos
,
sea
; see
plāk-
1
in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History
pelagic
"pertaining to the sea," 1656, from L.
pelagicus,
from Gk.
pelagikos,
from
pelagos
"sea," from PIE
*p(e)lag-
"to spread out" (cf. Gk.
plagos
"side," L.
plaga
"hunting net, curtain, region"), from base
*pele-
"spread out, flat" (see
plane
(1)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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