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1. (adj.) oceanic
of, living in, or produced by the ocean:
oceanic currents.
2. oceanic
of or pertaining to the region of water lying above the bathyal, abyssal, and hadal zones of the sea bottom.
3. (n.) oceanic
(cap.) (in most classifications) a branch of the Austronesian language family that includes all Austronesian languages spoken from New Guinea and the Caroline Islands E through Polynesia.
Etymology: (1650–60; < ML ōceanicus)
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1. (adj) Oceanic, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
an eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages
2. (adj) oceanic, pelagic
relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean
"oceanic islands like Bermuda"; "oceanic currents"; "oceanic birds"; "pelagic organisms"; "pelagic whaling"
3. (adj) oceanic
resembling the ocean in apparent limitlessness in extent or degree
"the oceanic violence of his rage"
4. (adj) oceanic
constituting or living in the open sea
"oceanic waters"; "oceanic life"
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