English Explanatory Dictionary

tychopelagic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. A reference to organisms that are normally benthic, but, carried up into the water column, became pelagic by chance factors.

Word forms

tychopelagic

Etymology

From τύχη (túkhē, “chance”) + pelagic.

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