epipelagic
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Meaning
- adjective Synonym of photic (“Describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible.”).
Similar words
bathypelagic pelagic bathyorographical deep-sea abyssopelagic hadalpelagic abyssal archibenthic pelagian undersea
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zone species fishes and fish waters layer copepods zooplankton
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