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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.

loggerhead

(Encyclopedia)loggerhead: see sea turtle.

ridley

(Encyclopedia)ridley: see sea turtle.

hawksbill

(Encyclopedia)hawksbill: see sea turtle.

starfish

(Encyclopedia)starfish: see sea star.

Ziz

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

Salton Sink

(Encyclopedia)Salton Sink: see Salton Sea.

scuba

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

green turtle

(Encyclopedia)green turtle: see sea turtle.