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ANTARCTIC OCEAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The southern waters surrounding Antarctica
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
ocean (a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere)
Holonyms ("Antarctic Ocean" is a part of...):
Antarctic; Antarctic Zone; South Frigid Zone (the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters)
Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean (the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east)
Indian Ocean (the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south)
Pacific; Pacific Ocean (the largest ocean in the world)
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