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abyssal

adjective as in unfathomable

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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.

They are the summits of very lofty mountains which have their bases in an abyssal ocean.

Verily, wheresoever it is, it is in the Abyssal World, where there is neither end nor limit.

Oceanic islands are those, usually very small, found in the midst of the ocean, with abyssal depth all about.

The zonarial Radiolaria live floating at various depths between the pelagic and abyssal species ( 234).

It must be remembered that abyssal faunas are almost unknown among fossils.

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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to abyssal, such as: abysmal, cavernous, deep, and immeasurable.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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