🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

zone pélagique

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zon pelazhik

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pelagic zone/pəˈlædʒɪk zoʊn/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"De nombreux poissons vivent dans la zone pélagique."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The open ocean water column that is neither close to the bottom nor near the shore, comprising the vast majority of habitable space in the world's oceans.

    "Many species of whales and dolphins migrate through the pelagic zone in search of food."
  2. 2

    The ecological realm inhabited by pelagic organisms, divided into various sub-zones based on depth and light penetration.

    "Phytoplankton thrive in the upper, sunlit layer of the pelagic zone."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the ancient Greek 'pelagos', meaning open sea or ocean, combined with 'zone', originating from the Greek 'zone' meaning belt or girdle. The scientific compound emerged in the late 19th century with the expansion of modern oceanography and marine biology.

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