demersal


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
demersal /dɪˈməːs(ə)l/
adjective (of fish) living close to the seabed.
– origin C19: from L. demersus (past part. of demergere ‘submerge, sink’) + -al.
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