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bathybial, a.|bəˈθɪbɪəl|
[f. bathybius + -al.]
Of or pertaining to bathybius or the depths at which it is found; belonging to or living in the deepest parts of the sea. So baˈthybian, baˈthybic adjs.
1876Encycl. Brit. XXI. 774/2 [Sharks] known to belong to the bathybial fauna. 1881Arc. Cruise of Corwin 14 (Cent. Dict.), The use of the dredge resulted in finding the usual bathybian forms. 1891G. W. Field tr. Haeckel's Planktonic Studies in Rep. U.S. Fish. Comm. xvii. 582 The deepest part of this zonary fauna forms the bathybic plankton. 1898Athenæum 4 June 729/3 Bathybial and pelagic life. |