bathybialadj.
/bəˈθɪbɪəl/ Of or pertaining to bathybius or the depths at which it is found; belonging to or living in the deepest parts of the sea.
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1876 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 774/2 [Sharks] known to belong to the bathybial fauna.
1898 Athenæum 4 June 729/3 Bathybial and pelagic life.
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baˈthybian adj.
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1881 Arc. Cruise of Corwin 14 (Cent. Dict.) The use of the dredge resulted in finding the usual bathybian forms.
baˈthybic adj.
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1891 G. W. Field tr. E. Hæckel Planktonic Stud. in Rep. U.S. Comm. Fisheries 1889–91 xvii. 582 The deepest part of this zonary fauna forms the bathybic plankton.
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