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Oceanic

Of or pertaining to the ocean; found or formed in or about, or produced by, the ocean; frequenting the ocean, especially mid-ocean.

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Limitless 84% connected

Having no limits; unbounded; boundless.

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Limitless 84% connected

Having no limits; unbounded; boundless.

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Marine 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the sea; having to do with the ocean, or with navigation or naval affairs; nautical; as, marine productions or bodies; marine she…

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Marine 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the sea; having to do with the ocean, or with navigation or naval affairs; nautical; as, marine productions or bodies; marine she…

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Unlimited 84% connected

Not limited; having no bounds; boundless; as, an unlimited expanse of ocean.

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Unlimited 84% connected

Not limited; having no bounds; boundless; as, an unlimited expanse of ocean.

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Fijian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Fiji islands or their inhabitants.

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Hawaiian 76% connected

Belonging to Hawaii or the Sandwich Islands, or to the people of Hawaii.

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Maori 76% connected

One of the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand; also, the original language of New Zealand.

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Tahitian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Tahiti, an island in the Pacific Ocean.

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Polynesian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Polynesia (the islands of the eastern and central Pacific), or to the Polynesians.

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Ocean 74% connected

The whole body of salt water which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe; -- called also the sea, or great sea.

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Ocean 74% connected

The whole body of salt water which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe; -- called also the sea, or great sea.

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Ocean 66% connected

The whole body of salt water which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe; -- called also the sea, or great sea.

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Pelagic 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the ocean; -- applied especially to animals that live at the surface of the ocean, away from the coast.

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