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sculpin

(Encyclopedia)sculpin, common name for a member of the superfamily Cottoidea, bizarre fishes with large, spiny or armored heads and short, tapering bodies, found in both marine and freshwater habitats. The sculpins...

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...

nudibranch

(Encyclopedia)nudibranch: see sea slug.

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.

Huanghai

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

Parris Island

(Encyclopedia)Parris Island: see Sea Islands.

Pontus Euxinus

(Encyclopedia)Pontus Euxinus: see Black Sea.

scuba

(Encyclopedia)scuba: see diving, deep-sea.