| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bathyal |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bath·y·al |
| PRONUNCIATION: | b th - l |
| ADJECTIVE: | Of or relating to the region of the ocean bottom between the sublittoral and abyssal zones, from depths of 200 to 4,000 meters (660 to 13,000 feet).
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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