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MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An arm of the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and southeastern Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
channel (a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels)
Holonyms ("Mozambique Channel" is a part of...):
Indian Ocean (the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south)