allopelagic
adjective
al·lo·pe·lag·ic
: of or relating to marine organisms occurring irregularly at the surface or at varying depths in response to influences other than temperature
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary all- + pelagic; originally formed as German allopelagisch
First Known Use
1891, in the meaning defined above
- shell ibis
- shell ice
- shell jacket
- shell landings
- shell membrane
- shell midden
- shell money
- shell mound
- shell out
- shell parrakeet
- shell parrot
- shell pink
- shell plating
- shell pump
- shell quail
- shell reamer
- shell reducer
- shell road
- shell roof
- shell shock
- shell socket
- shell steak
- shell strake
- shell suit
- shell tint