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oceanic abyss — noun a long steep sided depression in the ocean floor • Syn: ↑trench, ↑deep • Hypernyms: ↑natural depression, ↑depression • Instance Hyponyms: ↑Atacama Trench, ↑Bougainville Trench … Useful english dictionary
Abyss (Dungeons & Dragons) — In the Dungeons Dragons fantasy role playing game, the Abyss or more fully, the Infinite Layers of the Abyss, is a chaotic evil aligned plane of existence. It is one of a number of alignment based Outer Planes that form part of the standard… … Wikipedia
Nu (mythology) — Not to be confused with Nanuet, a hamlet in New York. Naunet redirects here. In Egyptian mythology, Nu ( Watery One ) or Nun ( The Inert One ) is the deification of the primordial watery abyss. In the Ogdoad cosmogony, the name nu means abyss .… … Wikipedia
moss animal — bryozoan. [1880 85] * * * ▪ invertebrate Introduction also called bryozoan, any member of the phylum Bryozoa (also called Polyzoa or Ectoprocta), in which there are about 5,000 extant species. Another 15,000 species are known only from… … Universalium
Atacama Trench — noun a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile • Instance Hypernyms: ↑trench, ↑deep, ↑oceanic abyss … Useful english dictionary
Bougainville Trench — noun a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean between New Guinea and the Solomon Islands • Instance Hypernyms: ↑trench, ↑deep, ↑oceanic abyss … Useful english dictionary
Japan Trench — noun a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean to the northeast of Japan that reaches depths of 30,000 feet • Instance Hypernyms: ↑trench, ↑deep, ↑oceanic abyss … Useful english dictionary
Nares Deep — noun a depression in the floor of the Atlantic Ocean to the north of Haiti and Puerto Rico • Instance Hypernyms: ↑trench, ↑deep, ↑oceanic abyss … Useful english dictionary
natural depression — noun a sunken or depressed geological formation • Syn: ↑depression • Ant: ↑natural elevation • Hypernyms: ↑geological formation, ↑formation • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Hydrothermal vent — Marine habitats White smokers emitting liquid carbon dioxide at the Champagne vent, Northwest Eifuku volcano, Marianas Trench Marine National Monument Littoral zone … Wikipedia
