JAPAN CURRENT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean

Synonyms:

Japan current; Kuroshio; Kuroshio current

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("Japan current" is a kind of...):

ocean current (the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction)

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