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Peru Current

–noun
a cold Pacific Ocean current flowing N along the coasts of Chile and Peru.
Also called Humboldt Current.
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Humboldt Current  
n.  A cold ocean current of the South Pacific, flowing north along the western coast of South America. Also called Peru Current.

[After Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt.]
Peru Current  
n.  See Humboldt Current.
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Peru Current   (pə-r')  Pronunciation Key 
See Humboldt Current.
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