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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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