Hypertext Webster Gateway: "oceanic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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: {Oceanic},
{Eastern Malayo-Polynesian}]
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