pelagic

About 0.84 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Living in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters.
2. adjective Of or pertaining to oceans.
3. noun Any organism that lives in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters.

Similar words

oceanic ocean deep-sea deep-water ocean-going free-swimming height upper offshore long-range

Often followed by

fish sediments species and sealing fishes zone larvae life animals

Word family

pelagics