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BATHYAL ZONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bathyal zone mean?
• BATHYAL ZONE (noun)
The noun BATHYAL ZONE has 1 sense:
1. the steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone
Familiarity information: BATHYAL ZONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
bathyal district; bathyal zone; continental slope
Hypernyms ("bathyal zone" is a kind of...):
Davy Jones; Davy Jones's locker; ocean bottom; ocean floor; sea bottom; sea floor; seabed (the bottom of a sea or ocean)
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