About The Word Oceanic
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Oceanic
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What's The Definition Of Oceanic?
[n] an eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages
[adj] constituting or living in the open sea; "oceanic waters"; "oceanic life" [adj] resembling the ocean in apparent limitlessness in extent or degree; "the oceanic violence of his rage" [adj] relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean; "oceanic islands like Bermuda"; "oceanic currents"; "oceanic birds"; "pelagic organisms"; "pelagic whaling" Synonyms | Synonyms for Oceanic: Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | limitless | pelagic | sea(a) | unlimited Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 See Also | Fijian | Hawaiian | Malayo-Polynesian | Maori | Tahitian Oceanic In Webster's Dictionary \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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