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Though surveys are difficult to conduct at the depths where they live and much of the abyssal plains have not been explored, we do know that xenophyophore meadows may cover large areas and that they inhabit the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
THE LARGEST CELLS ON EARTH - ISSUE 99: UNIVERSALITYREBECCA R. HELMMAY 5, 2021NAUTILUS
They are the summits of very lofty mountains which have their bases in an abyssal ocean.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 17, SLICE 3VARIOUS
Verily, wheresoever it is, it is in the Abyssal World, where there is neither end nor limit.
DIALOGUES ON THE SUPERSENSUAL LIFEJACOB BEHMEN
Oceanic islands are those, usually very small, found in the midst of the ocean, with abyssal depth all about.
EVOLUTIONJOSEPH LE CONTE
The zonarial Radiolaria live floating at various depths between the pelagic and abyssal species ( 234).
REPORT ON THE RADIOLARIA COLLECTED BY H.M.S. CHALLENGER DURING THE YEARS 1873-1876, FIRST PART: PORULOSA (SPUMELLARIA AND ACANTHARIA)ERNST HAECKEL
It must be remembered that abyssal faunas are almost unknown among fossils.
APPLETONS' POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY, VOL. 56, MARCH 1900VARIOUS
When Dr. Morton said there were abyssal fish in the lagoon, I knew why they'd be there.
CREATURES OF THE ABYSSMURRAY LEINSTER
Core-takers had been dropped to get samplings of abyssal mud.
CREATURES OF THE ABYSSMURRAY LEINSTER
Such a rock is necessarily oceanic; but more than this, it is abyssal.
THE STORY OF THE EARTH AND MANJ. W. DAWSON
In their morphological characters they gradually approach the pelagic forms upwards and the abyssal downwards.
REPORT ON THE RADIOLARIA COLLECTED BY H.M.S. CHALLENGER DURING THE YEARS 1873-1876, FIRST PART: PORULOSA (SPUMELLARIA AND ACANTHARIA)ERNST HAECKEL
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO ABYSSAL

  • abyssal
  • aquatic
  • boating
  • cruising
  • deep-sea
  • marine
  • maritime
  • navigating
  • navigational
  • oceangoing
  • oceanic
  • oceanographic
  • pelagic
  • rowing
  • sailing
  • sailorly
  • salty
  • sea-loving
  • seafaring
  • seagoing
  • thalassic
  • yachting
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