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OCEANIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages
Synonyms:
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian; Oceanic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Oceanic" is a kind of...):
Malayo-Polynesian; Polynesian (the branch of the Austronesian languages spoken from Madagascar to the central Pacific)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Oceanic"):
Tahitian (the Oceanic language spoken on Tahiti)
Maori (the Oceanic language spoken by the Maori in New Zealand)
Hawaiian (the Oceanic languages spoken on Hawaii)
Fijian (the Oceanic language spoken on Fiji)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Constituting or living in the open sea
Example:
oceanic life
Classified under:
Similar:
marine (relating to or characteristic of or occurring on or in the sea)
Derivation:
ocean (a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Resembling the ocean in apparent limitlessness in extent or degree
Example:
the oceanic violence of his rage
Classified under:
Similar:
limitless; unlimited (having no limits in range or scope)
Derivation:
ocean (anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean
Example:
pelagic whaling
Synonyms:
oceanic; pelagic
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
ocean (a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere)
Derivation:
ocean (a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere)
