bathypelagic

[ bath-uh-puh-laj-ik ]

adjective

, Oceanography.

1. pertaining to or living in the bathyal region of an ocean.

bathypelagic

/ ˌbæθɪpəˈlædʒɪk /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or inhabiting the lower depths of the ocean between approximately 1000 and 4000 metres

Word History and Origins

Origin of bathypelagic¹

First recorded in 1905–10; bathy- + pelagic

Example Sentences

"For example, the idea that all deep-sea life is ancient is clearly wrong; anglerfishes only swam into the open waters of the bathypelagic zone in the last 50 to 60 million years. This is a long time ago, to be sure, but it is much more recent -- on the order of 50-60 million years -- than we inferred previously using smaller DNA datasets and less informative fossils."

From Science Daily

"The bathypelagic zone, the deepest part of the ocean, exhibits the lowest proportion of global associations, with regional associations increasing with depth," adds in this regard Dra Ina M. Deutschmann, expert in biomathematics.

From Science Daily

The wreck sits in the dark bathypelagic, or midnight, zone, at a spot 12,400 feet below the ocean’s surface.

From Scientific American

Seeking God knows what in the darkness of those bathypelagic deeps.

From New York Times

The centrepiece of Team Tao's strategy is a small, torpedo-like robot called a BEM, or a Bathypelagic Excursion Module.

From BBC