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PRONUNCIATION OF MESOPELAGIC

mesopelagic  [ˌmɛsəʊpəˈlædʒɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MESOPELAGIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mesopelagic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MESOPELAGIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mesopelagic zone

The mesopelagic is that part of the pelagic zone that extends from a depth of 200 to 1000 metres below the ocean surface. It lies between the photic epipelagic above and the aphotic bathypelagic below, where there is no light at all.

Definition of mesopelagic in the English dictionary

The definition of mesopelagic in the dictionary is of, relating to, or inhabiting the intermediate depths of the ocean between approximately 100 and 1000 metres.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MESOPELAGIC


abyssopelagic
əˌbɪsəʊpɛˈlædʒɪk
anthropophagic
ˌænθrəpəˈfædʒɪk
archipelagic
ˌɑːkɪpəˈlædʒɪk
bathypelagic
ˌbæθɪpəˈlædʒɪk
benthopelagic
ˌbɛnθəʊpɪˈlædʒɪk
diallagic
ˌdaɪəˈlædʒɪk
dysphagic
dɪsˈfædʒɪk
ellagic
eˈlædʒɪk
epipelagic
ˌɛpɪpəˈlædʒɪk
haemorrhagic
ˌhɛməˈrædʒɪk
hemorrhagic
ˌhɛməˈrædʒɪk
macrophagic
ˌmækrəʊˈfædʒɪk
magic
ˈmædʒɪk
menorrhagic
ˌmɛnəˈrædʒɪk
nontragic
ˌnɒnˈtrædʒɪk
omophagic
ˌəʊməˈfædʒɪk
pelagic
pɛˈlædʒɪk
phytophagic
ˌfaɪtəʊˈfædʒɪk
posthemorrhagic
ˌpəʊstˌhɛməˈrædʒɪk
tragic
ˈtrædʒɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MESOPELAGIC

mesomorphic
mesomorphism
mesomorphous
mesomorphy
meson
mesonephric
mesonephroi
mesonephros
mesonic
mesopause
mesophile
mesophilic
mesophyll
mesophyllic
mesophyllous
mesophyte
mesophytic
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamian
mesoscale

WORDS THAT END LIKE MESOPELAGIC

allergic
bacteriophagic
biologic
black magic
camouflagic
coprophagic
epidemiologic
geologic
histologic
hydrologic
hyperphagic
like magic
logic
nostalgic
pathologic
physiologic
strategic
sympathetic magic
white magic
xiphopagic

Synonyms and antonyms of mesopelagic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mesopelagic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MESOPELAGIC

Find out the translation of mesopelagic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mesopelagic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mesopelagic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

中层
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mesopelagic
570 millions of speakers

English

mesopelagic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Mesopelagic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البحار متوسطة العمق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мезопелагические
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mesopelagic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মেসোপেলিকক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mesopelagic
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mesopelagik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mesopelagic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

中層
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중심 해와 깊고 깊은 먼 바다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mesopelagik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mesopelagic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mesopelagic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेसोपेलॅजिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mesopelagic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mesopelagic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mesopelagic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мезопелагіческіе
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mesopelagic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mesopelagic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

meso-pelagisch
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mesopelagic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mesopelagisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mesopelagic

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MESOPELAGIC»

The term «mesopelagic» is normally little used and occupies the 124.339 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MESOPELAGIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mesopelagic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mesopelagic» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mesopelagic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MESOPELAGIC»

Discover the use of mesopelagic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mesopelagic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Swimbladder morphology of some mesopelagic fishes in ...
An examination was made of fresh and preserved specimens of Pacific lantern fishes, hatchet fishes, and hake.
R. L. Capen, U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory, 1967
2
Mesopelagic Zooplankton Feeding Ecology and Effects on ...
Differences in zooplankton community structure and diet within the mesopelagic zone (base of euphotic zone to 1000 m) play a key role in affecting the efficiency by which organic matter is exported to depth, but how the structure of ...
Stephanie Erin Wilson, 2008
3
Particle Flux Transformation in the Mesopelagic Water ...
First, size distributions of large aggregates have been compared to simultaneous measurements of particle flux observed in sediment traps.
Lionel Guidi, 2008
4
Fish Ecology
Away from the continental shelf, waters between 200m and 1000m deep form the mesopelagic zone. The fish fauna is dominated by two groups of teleosts, the lantern-fishes (Myctophidae) and the stomiiformes (Marshall, 1979). The former ...
Robert J. Wootton, 1991
5
Marine Decapod Crustacea of Southern Australia: A Guide to ...
The elongate spines on the posterior margins of three abdominal somites characterise the four mesopelagic species of Oplophorus (Chace, 1986; Hanamura & Evans, 1994). Diagnosis. Rostrum narrow, with similar number or more dorsal ...
Gary Poore, 2004
6
The Biodiversity Crisis and Crustacea - Proceedings of the ...
The. 'eye-blink'. response. of. mesopelagic. Natantia,. eyeshine. patterns. and. the. escape. reaction. PETER M.J. SHELTON, EDWARD GATEN & MAGNUS L. JOHNSON Department of Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK PETER J .
J. Carel von Vaupel Klein, 2000
7
A Review of the World Resources of Mesopelagic Fish Fao ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
J. Gjosaeter, 2011
8
Sharks and Their Relatives II: Biodiversity, Adaptive ...
Epipelagic, mesopelagic, and bathypelagic. 0–>1500 m in water up to 9938 m deep. Heteroscymnoides marleyi Fowler, 1934. Longnose pygmy shark Scattered records in the southern Atlantic, Southeast Pacific, and Southwest Indian.
Jeffrey C. Carrier, John A. Musick, Michael R. Heithaus, 2010
9
Anthropoid Origins: New Visions
Argentinoids tend to reside slightly higher in the water column than ale- pocephaloids, being predominantly epipelagic and/or mesopelagic, although Bathylagus and opisthoproctids are sometimes recovered below 1000 m ( Weitzman, 1997).
Callum Ross, Richard F. Kay, 2004
10
Biology of Fishes
The very rare accidental capture of a large mesopelagic fish such as the megamouth shark (Megachiasma pelagios) shows us that there are some large fishes in this zone. All biologists who have fished in the open ocean with mid- water ...
Quentin Bone, Richard Moore, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MESOPELAGIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mesopelagic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Dan Haifley, Our Ocean Backyard: Unusual fish at an undersea …
The expedition involved a survey of fish in the ocean's middle depths, which scientists call the mesopelagic zone. It also involved marine ... «Santa Cruz Sentinel, Jul 15»
2
First-ever oarfish caught on rod and reel
#The oarfish is thought to inhabit the epipelagic to mesopelagic layers, ranging as deeply as 1,000 meters (3,300 ft) and is rarely seen on the ... «San Diego Reader, Jun 15»
3
Dark Region of Ocean May Shed Light on Climate Change and …
Given that knowledge, it was long suggested that this region — known as the mesopelagic zone, from the Greek words for “middle” and “sea” ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
4
Marine microbiology Deep sequencing of the global oceans
... surface water and the deep chlorophyll maximum layers (both of which are within the epipelagic layer), and the deeper mesopelagic zone. «Nature.com, Jun 15»
5
Giant oarfish washes up on Catalina Island beach
Oarfish generate a lot of interest among scientists as they live in the largely unknown zone of the oceanic mesopelagic zone, a portion of the ... «The Next Digit, Jun 15»
6
Dan Haifley, Our Ocean Backyard: Fish, DNA above an undersea …
The expedition also surveyed and collected DNA samples from mesopelagic, or mid water, fishes which are found from 660 to 3,300 feet below ... «Santa Cruz Sentinel, Jun 15»
7
Mysterious oarfish of the deep washes up on California island
Oarfish are of interest to scientists because they live in a largely unknown ecosystem of the oceanic mesopelagic zone, the part of the ocean ... «Reuters UK, Jun 15»
8
Warm-Bloodedness in an Ocean Fish Stuns Evolutionists
... to greater oceanic depths, with all but the most basal lineage of the Lampridiformes inhabiting the mesopelagic zone (200 to 1000 m depth). «Discovery Institute, May 15»
9
High molecular weight dissolved organic matter enrichment selects …
Interactions among dissolved organic carbon, microbial processes, and community structure in the mesopelagic zone of the northwestern ... «Nature.com, May 15»
10
Little Fish Win Big Protections From Commercial Fishing
Now, hundreds of forage fish species within these seven groups -- round and thread herring, mesopelagic fishes, Pacific sand lance, Pacific ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»

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