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BATHYAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bathyal mean?
• BATHYAL (adjective)
The adjective BATHYAL has 1 sense:
1. relating to ocean depths between 200 and 2000 meters (corresponds to the continental slope)
Familiarity information: BATHYAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to ocean depths between 200 and 2000 meters (corresponds to the continental slope)
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
bathyal zone (the steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone)
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