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Atlantic Ocean

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Atlantic Ocean [Lat.,=of Atlas], second largest ocean (c.31,800,000 sq mi/82,362,000 sq km; c.36,000,000 sq mi/93,240,000 sq km with marginal seas). The North Atlantic Ocean has some of the w...

Pacific Ocean

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Pacific Ocean, largest and deepest ocean, c.70,000,000 sq mi (181,300,000 sq km), occupying about one third of the earth's surface; named by the explorer Ferdinand Magellan; the southern part i...

hawksbill

(Encyclopedia)hawksbill: see sea turtle.

nudibranch

(Encyclopedia)nudibranch: see sea slug.

loggerhead

(Encyclopedia)loggerhead: see sea turtle.

Ziz

(Encyclopedia)Ziz, in the Bible, pass or wadi, through which an allied army moved from the Dead Sea toward Jerusalem to attack Jehoshaphat.

starfish

(Encyclopedia)starfish: see sea star.

ridley

(Encyclopedia)ridley: see sea turtle.

Huanghai

(Encyclopedia)Huanghai: see Yellow Sea, China. ...

green turtle

(Encyclopedia)green turtle: see sea turtle.