Meanings
adjectivemesopelagic (not comparable)
- not comparablegeographyDescribing the pelagic zone of the ocean between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic bathypelagic zones, characterized by very minimal light.
For those animals living in the mesopelagic zone, where some light downwells from the surface, a visual predator looking up at them could see a silhouette.
2001, James Willard Nybakken, Marine Biology: An Ecological Approach, page 153Synonyms: twilight
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveDescribing the pelagic zone of the ocean between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic bathypelagic zones, characterized by very minimal light.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*me
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
- Proto-Hellenic*métsos
- Ancient Greekμέσος (mésos)
- Englishmeso-
- Englishpelagic
- Englishmesopelagic
Translations
Finnish mesopelaginen
- mesopelaginenrelating to the zone of the ocean between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic bathypelagic zones
Portuguese mesopelágico
- mesopelágicorelating to the zone of the ocean between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic bathypelagic zones
Russian мезопелагиаль
- мезопелагиаль (mezopelagialʹ)relating to the zone of the ocean between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic bathypelagic zones
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APA
mesopelagic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesopelagic
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“mesopelagic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesopelagic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mesopelagic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesopelagic.
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