: of, relating to, or occurring in the deeper parts of the sea
deep-sea fishing
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chartered a boat to do some deep-sea fishing
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Last Breath tells the true story of seasoned deep-sea divers on a mission to rescue a member of their crew who is trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface.
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Billie Melissa, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
Further afield, a merchant vessel found off of Israel’s coast, about 5,900 feet beneath the surface of the Mediterranean Sea, made headlines as the oldest deep-sea shipwreck identified to date.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
What’s fascinating about this find is that the mussel is related to deep-sea mussels that can grow to be a foot long.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 25 Dec. 2024
Whether a large and fuzzy social media sensation or deep-sea slug slunking around the ocean’s Midnight Zone, there are still so many exciting animals on Earth just waiting for their close-up.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Dec. 2024
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Billie Melissa, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
Further afield, a merchant vessel found off of Israel’s coast, about 5,900 feet beneath the surface of the Mediterranean Sea, made headlines as the oldest deep-sea shipwreck identified to date.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
What’s fascinating about this find is that the mussel is related to deep-sea mussels that can grow to be a foot long.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 25 Dec. 2024
Whether a large and fuzzy social media sensation or deep-sea slug slunking around the ocean’s Midnight Zone, there are still so many exciting animals on Earth just waiting for their close-up.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Deep-sea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deep-sea. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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