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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abyssal \A*byss"al\, a. [Cf. {Abysmal}.]
Belonging to or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable.
{Abyssal zone} (Phys. Geog.), one of the belts or zones into
which Sir E. Forbes divides the bottom of the sea in
describing its plants, animals, etc It is the one
furthest from the shore, embracing all beyond one hundred
fathoms deep. Hence abyssal animals, plants, etc
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
abyssal
adj 1: relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters
2: so deep as to be unmeasurable; unfathomable; "the abyssal
depths of the ocean" [syn: {abysmal}]
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