oceanic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: oceanic	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for oceanic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oceanic adj relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean; "oceanic islands like Bermuda"; "oceanic currents"; "oceanic birds"; "pelagic organisms"; "pelagic whaling" Synonym(s): oceanic, pelagic resembling the ocean in apparent limitlessness in extent or degree; "the oceanic violence of his rage" constituting or living in the open sea; "oceanic waters"; "oceanic life" n an eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages [syn: Oceanic, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oceanic \O`cean"ic\, a. [Cf.F. oc[82]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[89]rial and oceanic* of birds. --Darwin. 2. Of or pertaining to Oceania or its inhabitants.