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/ˌoʊʃiˈænɪk/ Listen

Oceanic

adjective

Relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean. Synonym: pelagic. "Oceanic currents" , "Oceanic birds" , "Pelagic organisms" , "Pelagic whaling"

Resembling the ocean in apparent limitlessness in extent or degree.

Constituting or living in the open sea. "Oceanic life"

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"Oceanic" Quotes from Famous Books

... ignorance and insignificance. I pictured to myself an assembly of old fogies crammed with all the 'ologies. I broke into a cold perspiration when I fancied myself called upon to deliver a lecture on the comparative sea-bottomy of the Oceanic globe, or give my theory of the simultaneous sighting by 'little Billee' of ' Madagascar, and North, and South Amerikee.' Honestly, I had not the courage to accept; and, young Jackanapes as I was, left the ...

— Tracks of a Rolling Stone • Henry J. Coke

... acquainted. It is possible, indeed, that poison, accidentally introduced into some of their sea-stores, may have brought about the disaster, or that the eating of some unknown venomous species of fish, or other marine animal, or oceanic bird, might have induced it—but it is utterly useless to form conjectures where all is involved, and will, no doubt, remain for ever involved, in the most appalling ...

— The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 3 (of 5) of the Raven Edition • Edgar Allan Poe

Words linked to "Oceanic" : Maori, Hawaiian, unlimited, Polynesian, limitless, Fijian, Tahitian, ocean, marine, Malayo-Polynesian