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JAPAN CURRENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean
Synonyms:
Japan current; Kuroshio; Kuroshio current
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("Japan current" is a kind of...):
ocean current (the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction)
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