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Meaning of demersal

demersal: It means from the bottom, from the abyss, from the deep. Benthic, benthic, abyssal, batial. It means submerged. Dived. It may refer to the seabed, a lake or a stream of water. Fish or organisms that live at the bottom and that eat debris.; Neutral adj.. Leaderboard not taxonomic range of fish and seafood according to the depth of its Habitat: waters close to the seabed. Examples: cod, lobster, red snapper, mero, snapper. The diction comes from the Latin "South", participle of the compound verb «demérgere», constituted in turn by the preposition "of", with causal meaning, and the verb «mérgere»: sink, dive, diving. Synonyms: abysmal, batial, benthic. Antonyms: pelagic, planktonic.