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BEHRING
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741)
Synonyms:
Behring; Bering; Vitus Behring; Vitus Bering
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Instance hypernyms:
navigator (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)