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demersal definition

de·mer·sal (dē mʉr′səl)

adjective

found on or near the bottom of a sea, lake, etc.; benthic

Etymology: < L demersus, pp. of demergere, to submerge < de-, de- + mergere, to sink (see merge) + -al

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