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Abyssal
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.
Abyssal zone
Zone one (z[=o]n), n. [F. zone, L. zona, Gr. zw`nh; akin to zwnny`nai to gird, Lith. j[*u]sta a girdle, j[*u]sti to gird, Zend y[=a]h.] 1. A girdle; a cincture. [Poetic] An embroidered zone surrounds her waist. --Dryden. Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound. --Collins. 2. (Geog.) One of the five great divisions of the earth, with respect to latitude and temperature. Note: The zones are five: the torrid zone, extending from tropic to tropic 46[deg] 56[min], or 23[deg] 28[min] on each side of the equator; two temperate or variable zones, situated between the tropics and the polar circles; and two frigid zones, situated between the polar circles and the poles. Commerce . . . defies every wind, outrides every tempest, and invades. --Bancroft. 3. (Math.) The portion of the surface of a sphere included between two parallel planes; the portion of a surface of revolution included between two planes perpendicular to the axis. --Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.) 4. (Nat. Hist.) (a) A band or stripe extending around a body. (b) A band or area of growth encircling anything; as, a zone of evergreens on a mountain; the zone of animal or vegetable life in the ocean around an island or a continent; the Alpine zone, that part of mountains which is above the limit of tree growth. 5. (Crystallog.) A series of planes having mutually parallel intersections. 6. Circuit; circumference. [R.] --Milton. Abyssal zone. (Phys. Geog.) See under Abyssal. Zone axis (Crystallog.), a straight line passing through the center of a crystal, to which all the planes of a given zone are parallel.
Abyssal zone
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.

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- taxonomy; of the three species published, two of them, K. buchanani and K. abyssa might be synonymous. K. buchanani was only recently ****igned to the genus...
- Berresa turpis Walker, 1858 Berresa natalis Walker, 1858 Miana palpalis Walker, 1865 Mesotrosta abyssa Snellen, 1880 Berresa m****i Bethune-Baker, 1906...
- abyssa by Juliet Wege and Kevin Thiele in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected on Bandalup Hill near Ravensthorpe in 2008. (Hibbertia abyssa is...
- Nereis contains the following species: Nereis abbreviata Holly, 1935 Nereis abyssa Imajima, 2009 Nereis abyssicola (Horst, 1924) Nereis acustris Linnaeus,...
- Styelidae. Species within the genus Monandrocarpa include: Monandrocarpa abyssa Sanamyan & Sanamyan, 1999 Monandrocarpa humilis F. Monniot, 2009 Monandrocarpa...
- Campanularia is a genus of hydrozoans, in the family Campanulariidae. Campanularia abyssa Fraser, 1940 Campanularia africana Stechow, 1923 Campanularia agas Cornelius...
- Directed by Roger Gnoan M'Bala Written by Roger Gnoan M'Bala Produced by Abyssa Films Starring Akissi Delta Félix Gazekagnon Drissa Kone Cinematography...
- coexisted with at least two other species of plotopterids, Klallamornis abyssa and ?Klallamornis clarki. With remains ****igned tentatively to Olympidytes...
- Ptosima is a genus of "jewel beetles" in the subfamily Polycestinae. Ptosima abyssa (Wickham, 1912) Ptosima bowringii Waterhouse, 1882 Ptosima chinensis M****ul...
- Oligocene  United States ( Washington) A Plotopteridae. Type species is K. abyssa. ?Klallamornis clarki Sp. nov. Valid Mayr & Goedert Latest Eocene or Early...