pacific : Idioms & Phrases

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north pacific

  • noun that part of the Pacific Ocean to the north of the equator
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pacific bonito

  • noun common bonito of Pacific coast of the Americas; its dark oily flesh cans well
    Sarda chiliensis; Chilean bonito; Chile bonito.
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pacific bottlenose dolphin

  • noun a bottlenose dolphin found in the Pacific Ocean
    Tursiops gilli.
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pacific coast

  • noun a coast of the Pacific Ocean
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pacific cod

  • noun closely related to Atlantic cod
    Alaska cod; Gadus macrocephalus.
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pacific giant salamander

  • noun large (to 7 inches) salamander of western North America
    Dicamptodon ensatus.
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pacific halibut

  • noun a righteye flounder found in the Pacific
    Hippoglossus stenolepsis.
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pacific hemlock

  • noun tall evergreen of western North America; commercially important timber tree
    western hemlock; Tsuga heterophylla; west coast hemlock.
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pacific herring

  • noun important food fish of the northern Pacific
    Clupea harengus pallasii.
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pacific newt

  • noun any of several rough-skinned newts found in western North America
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pacific northwest

  • noun a region of the northwestern United States usually including Washington and Oregon and sometimes southwestern British Columbia
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pacific ocean

  • noun the largest ocean in the world
    Pacific.
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pacific plum

  • noun shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States bearing small red insipid fruit
    Prunus subcordata; Sierra plum.
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pacific ridley

  • noun olive-colored sea turtle of tropical Pacific and Indian and the southern Atlantic oceans
    olive ridley; Lepidochelys olivacea.
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pacific sardine

  • noun small pilchards common off the pacific coast of North America
    Sardinops caerulea.
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pacific silver fir

  • noun medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed
    white fir; red silver fir; Abies amabilis; amabilis fir; Christmas tree.
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pacific spiny dogfish

  • noun dogfish of Pacific coast of North America
    Squalus suckleyi.
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pacific standard time

  • noun standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west; used in far western states of the United States
    Pacific Standard Time; PST.
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pacific sturgeon

  • noun food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America
    Sacramento sturgeon; white sturgeon; Acipenser transmontanus.
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pacific time

  • noun standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west; used in far western states of the United States
    Pacific Standard Time; PST.
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pacific tree toad

  • noun the most commonly heard frog on the Pacific coast of America
    Hyla regilla.
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pacific tripletail

  • noun tripletail found in the Pacific
    Lobotes pacificus.
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pacific walrus

  • noun a walrus of the Bering Sea and northern Pacific
    Odobenus divergens.
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pacific yew

  • noun small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood
    California yew; western yew; Taxus brevifolia.
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south pacific

  • noun that part of the Pacific Ocean to the south of the equator
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