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sea, term used as synonymous with ocean ocean, interconnected mass of saltwater covering 70.78% of the surface of the earth, often called the world ocean. It is subdivided into four (or five) major units that are separated from each other in most cases by the continental masses. See also oceanography . ..... Click the link for more information. , or a subdivision of an ocean (Caribbean Sea, Yellow Sea), or erroneously designating a large salt lake lake, inland body of standing water occupying a hollow in the earth's surface. The study of lakes and other freshwater basins is known as limnology. Lakes are of particular importance since they act as catchment basins for close to 40% of the landscape, supply ..... Click the link for more information. (Caspian Sea, Dead Sea, Aral Sea). sea 1. a. the mass of salt water on the earth's surface as differentiated from the land b. (as modifier): sea air 2. a. one of the smaller areas of ocean b. a large inland area of water 3. turbulence or swell, esp of considerable size 4. Astronomy any of many huge dry plains on the surface of the moon sea [sē] (geography) A usually salty lake lacking an outlet to the ocean. (oceanography) A major subdivision of the ocean. A heavy swell or ocean wave still under the influence of the wind that produced it. (geography) Sea Aegir god of the seas. [Norse Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 12] queen of the sea; Poseidon’s wife. [Gk. Myth.: NCE, 94] standard navigational work, American Practical Navigator; so called from its compiler, Nathaniel Bowditch. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 97] drowned bound to anchor; invoked in marine dedications. [Christian Hagiog.: Attwater, 88] mad with grief, he battles the sea. [Irish Myth.: Benét, 239] god of waves, which continually mourn him. [Celtic Myth.: Leach, 332; Jobes, 480] personification of the ocean. [Br. and Am. Marine Slang: Leach, 298] Irish god of the sea. [Irish Folklore: Briggs, 280] half-woman, half-fish; seen by sailors. [western Folklore: Misc.] fifty daughters of Nereus; attendants of Poseidon. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 174] son of Oceanus; father of the Nereids. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 174; Gk. Lit.: Iliad] god; protector of sailors and ships. [Norse Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 760]
three thousand daughters of Oceanus and Tethys. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 178] consort of Neptune and goddess of springs. [Rom. Myth.: Kravitz, 208] goddess-wife of Oceanus. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 1070] sea deity and mother of Achilles. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 269; Gk. Lit.: Odyssey] primeval sea represented as a dragon goddess, mother of all the gods. [Babylonian Myth.: Benét, 1007] three-pronged fork; attribute of Poseidon. [Gk. Myth.: Hall, 309] gigantic sea deity; son and messenger of Poseidon. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 277; Rom. Lit.: Aeneid] god over the waters. [Vedic Myth.: Leach, 1155]
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