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EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A more intense El Nino that occurs every few years when the welling up of cold nutrient-rich water does not occur; kills plankton and fish and affects weather patterns
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("El Nino southern oscillation" is a kind of...):
El Nino ((oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time)
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