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bathyal

adj
/ˈbæθi.əl/

Etymology

From bathy- + -al.

  1. borrowed from βαθύς
  2. suffixed as bathyal — “bathy- + al”

Definitions

  1. Relating to the ocean bottom, between the sublittoral and abyssal zones, at a depth of…

    Relating to the ocean bottom, between the sublittoral and abyssal zones, at a depth of between 200 and 2000 metres

    • Accessory benthic foraminiferal events reported by Berggren and Miller (1989) to occur in the late Eocene are the migrations into the bathyal realm from the neritic realm of planulinids and siphoninids.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA