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o⋅ce⋅an⋅ic
[oh-shee-an-ik]
–adjective
| 1. | of, living in, or produced by the ocean: oceanic currents. |
| 2. | of or pertaining to the region of water lying above the bathyal, abyssal, and hadal zones of the sea bottom. Compare neritic, pelagic. |
| 3. | immensely large; vast: an oceanic expanse of stars. |
| 4. | (initial capital letter ) of or pertaining to Oceania, its peoples, or their languages. |
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Oceanic
O`ce*an"ic\, a. [Cf.F. oc['e]anique. 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. Petrels are the most a["e]rial and oceanic of birds. --Darwin. 2. Of or pertaining to Oceania or its inhabitants.
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