Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pelagic \Pe*lag"ic\, a. [L. pelagicus.]
   Of or pertaining to the ocean; -- applied especially to
   animals that live at the surface of the ocean, away from the
   coast.

Source : WordNet®

pelagic
     adj : relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the
           open ocean; "oceanic islands like Bermuda"; "oceanic
           currents"; "oceanic birds"; "pelagic organisms";
           "pelagic whaling" [syn: {oceanic}]