demersal adjective.
[dɪ'mǝ:s(ǝ)l] L19.[from Latin demersus pa. pple of demergere submerge, sink, from de- DE- 1 + mergere plunge, dip: see -AL1.](Of fish etc.) living near the bottom of the sea; (of fish-eggs) deposited at or sinking to the seabed.
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