| Front | bathypelagic \bath-uh-puh-LAJ-ik\ |
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| Back | adjective Of, relating to, or living in the depths of the ocean, especially between about 600 and 3,000 meters (2,000 and 10,000 feet). [Bathy- deep + Greek pelagikos, sea.] "Below this region are the bathypelagic fishes, with small eyes and luminescent organs ..." - Leonard P. Schultz, Fish, Colliers Encyclopedia CD-ROM, 28 Feb 1996. |
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