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Adjective: oceanic  `owshee'anik
  1. Relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean
    "oceanic islands like Bermuda"; "oceanic currents"; "oceanic birds"
    - 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"
Noun: Oceanic
  1. An eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages
    - Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

See also: limitless, marine, ocean, unlimited

Type of: Malayo-Polynesian, Polynesian

Encyclopedia: Oceanic