Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mesopelagic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables: mesopelag-ic
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing the pelagic zone of the ocean between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic bathypelagic zones, characterized by very minimal light.

noun

A mesopelagic fish

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- English pelagic English mesopelagic From meso- + pelagic.

Inflected Forms

mesopelagics (plural)

Phrases

mesopelagic zone

Synonyms

twilight

Questions

What does mesopelagic mean?: Describing the pelagic zone of the ocean between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic bathypelagic zones, characterized by very minimal light.
Where does mesopelagic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- English pelagic English mesopelagic From meso- + pelagic.

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