Found 3 hits - Term: oceanic, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
oceanic \o`cean"ic\ =o`sh-ea^n"i^k, a. cf. f.
oc'eanique. see ocean.
1. of or pertaining to the ocean; found or formed in or
about, or produced by, the ocean; frequenting the ocean,
especially mid-ocean.
1913 webster
petrels are the most aerial and oceanic of birds.
--darwin.
1913 webster
2. of or pertaining to oceania or its inhabitants.
1913 webster
see also:
ocean
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
oceanic
adj 1: 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: pelagic
2: resembling the ocean in apparent limitlessness in extent or
degree; "the oceanic violence of his rage"
3: constituting or living in the open sea; "oceanic waters";
"oceanic life"
n : an eastern subfamily of malayo-polynesian languages syn: eastern
malayo-polynesian
see also:
pelagic eastern malayo-polynesian
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
23 moby thesaurus words for "oceanic":
aquatic, bathymetric, bathyorographical, deep-sea, deep-water,
hydrographic, marine, maritime, nautical, naval, navigational,
ocean, ocean-going, oceanographic, pelagic, salty, sea, seafaring,
seamanlike, seamanly, terriginous, thalassic, water-borne
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