D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Pelagic

/pəl-ăj'-ĭk/ · Pe·lag·ic · IPA /pəˈlæd͡ʒɪk/
01 a. Of or pertaining to the ocean; -- applied especially to animals that live at the surface of the ocean, away from the coast. Compare benthic.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to the ocean; -- applied especially to animals that live at the surface of the ocean, away from the coast. Compare benthic.