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a part of the large body of salt water that covers most of the earth's surface.
We went to the shore and swam in the ocean.
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Ocean is from an ancient Greek word that means "great river surrounding the earth."
Okeanos was the Greek god of the ocean.
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broader category including ocean |
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water |
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land related to the ocean |
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beach, coast, shore |
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movements of the ocean |
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current, tide, wave |
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see/see also ocean |
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water |
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some means of transportation in the ocean |
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boat, ship |
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some parts of the ocean |
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bay |
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some things that live in the ocean |
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clam, crab, fish, snail, turtle, whale |