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2 definitions found 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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