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Bassalia Zoogeogr.|bəˈseɪlɪə| [mod.L., f. late L. bassus deep, base a. + Gr. ἁλία assembly, with allusion to ἅλς sea.] The region of the deep sea. Hence Bassalian |bəˈseɪlɪən|, a., of, pertaining to, or found in this region.
1884Science 23 May 621/1 A special realm, which has been called ‘Bassalia’ or the ‘Bassalian realm’. 1885T. Gill in Rep. Nat. Acad. Sci. Washington 1884 6 On the Ichthyological Peculiarities of the Bassalian Realm. |