🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

中层浮游的

Native Script:中层带的

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zhōngcéng fúyóu de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
mesopelagic/ˌmɛsoʊpəˈlædʒɪk/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"中层带生物适应了微弱的光线。"

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to the part of the ocean between 200 and 1,000 meters below the surface, receiving faintly filtered twilight.

    "Many mesopelagic fish migrate vertically to the surface at night to feed."
As noun
  1. 1

    The mesopelagic zone of the ocean.

    "Creatures living in the mesopelagic have adapted to low light levels."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in the 20th century from Greek 'meso-' (middle) + 'pelagikos' (of the sea, from pelagos 'open sea').

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