different between epipelagic vs saury

English

Etymology

epi- +? pelagic

Adjective

epipelagic (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or inhabiting the water from the surface of the sea down to 200 metres.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s??.?i/

Etymology

From Latin saurus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (saûros, “lizard”)

Noun

saury (plural sauries)

1. A marine epipelagic fish of the family Scomberesocidae, with beaklike jaws and a row of small finlets behind the dorsal and anal fins.

Derived terms

• Atlantic saury (Scomberesox saurus, Scomberesox scombroides, Scomberesox simulans)
• blotched saury (Saurida nebulosa) (Australia)
• clouded saury (Saurida nebulosa) (Australia)
• common suary (Saurida tumbil) (Australia)
• dwarf saury (Scomberesox simulans) (Africa, UK)
• filamentous saury (Saurida filamentosa) (Australia)
• gracile saury (Saurida gracilis) (Australia)
• grey saury (Saurida undosquamis) (Australia)
• large-scaled saury (Saurida undosquamis) (Australia)
• longfin saury (Saurida longimanus) (Australia)
• orangemouth saury (Saurida flamma)
• Pacific saury (Cololabis saira. Scomberesox scombroides)
• painted saury (Synodus myops) (Australia)
• shortfin saury (Saurida argentea, Saurida micropectoralis) (Australia)
• shortjaw saury (Saurida isarankurai)
• silver saury (Saurida tumbil) (Australia)
• slender saury (Saurida gracilis, Saurida elongata) (Australia)
• South Pacific saury (Scomberesox scombroides)
• threadfin saury (Suarida filamentosa) (Australia)
• Wanieso saury (Saurida wanieso) (Australia)

Translations

References

• saury in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• saury on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Surya, S?rya