atlantic : Idioms & Phrases

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allied command atlantic

  • noun a major strategic headquarters of NATO located in the United States; is under the authority of the North Atlantic Council
    ACLANT.
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atlantic bonito

  • noun medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
    skipjack; Sarda sarda.
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atlantic bottlenose dolphin

  • noun the most common dolphin of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; often kept captive and trained to perform
    Tursiops truncatus.
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atlantic city

  • noun a city on the Atlantic shore in southeastern New Jersey; a resort and gambling center
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atlantic coast

  • noun a coast of the Atlantic Ocean
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atlantic cod

  • noun one of the world's most important commercial fishes
    Gadus morhua.
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atlantic croaker

  • noun a silvery-bodied croaker with dark markings and tiny barbels
    Micropogonias undulatus.
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atlantic halibut

  • noun largest United States flatfish
    Hippoglossus hippoglossus.
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atlantic herring

  • noun important food fish; found in enormous shoals in the northern Atlantic
    Clupea harengus harengus.
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atlantic manta

  • noun largest manta (to 22 feet across wings); found worldwide but common in Gulf of Mexico and along southern coasts of United States; primarily oceanic
    Manta birostris.
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atlantic moonfish

  • noun any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
    Selene setapinnis; horse-head; horsefish; horsehead; dollarfish; moonfish.
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atlantic ocean

  • noun the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east
    Atlantic.
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atlantic puffin

  • noun common puffin of the northern Atlantic
    Fratercula arctica.
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atlantic ridley

  • noun grey sea turtle of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America
    bastard turtle; Lepidochelys kempii; bastard ridley.
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atlantic sailfish

  • noun a kind of sailfish
    Istiophorus albicans.
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atlantic salmon

  • noun fatty pink flesh of fish from northern coastal Atlantic; usually marketed fresh
  • noun found in northern coastal Atlantic waters or tributaries; adults do not die after spawning
    Salmo salar.
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atlantic sea bream

  • noun sea bream of warm Atlantic waters
    Archosargus rhomboidalis.
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atlantic spiny dogfish

  • noun destructive dogfish of the Atlantic coastal waters of America and Europe; widely used in anatomy classes
    Squalus acanthias.
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atlantic standard time

  • noun standard time in the 4th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 60th meridian; used in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and Bermuda and the Canadian Maritime Provinces
    Atlantic Standard Time.
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atlantic time

  • noun standard time in the 4th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 60th meridian; used in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and Bermuda and the Canadian Maritime Provinces
    Atlantic Standard Time.
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atlantic tripletail

  • noun tripletail found from Cape Cod to northern South America
    Lobotes surinamensis.
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atlantic walrus

  • noun a walrus of northern Atlantic and Arctic waters
    Odobenus rosmarus.
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atlantic white cedar

  • noun slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae
    white cypress; coast white cedar; southern white cedar; Chamaecyparis thyoides; white cedar.
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mid-atlantic

  • adjective satellite of a region of the United States generally including Delaware; Maryland; Virginia; and usually New York; Pennsylvania; New Jersey
    mid-Atlantic.
    • mid-Atlantic states
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mid-atlantic ridge

  • noun a very long narrow elevation on the ocean floor that runs all the way from Iceland in the North Atlantic to Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic
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mid-atlantic states

  • noun a region of the eastern United States comprising New York and New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Delaware and Maryland
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middle atlantic

  • adjective satellite of a region of the United States generally including Delaware; Maryland; Virginia; and usually New York; Pennsylvania; New Jersey
    mid-Atlantic.
    • mid-Atlantic states
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north atlantic

  • noun that part of the Atlantic Ocean to the north of the equator
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north atlantic council

  • noun a council consisting of permanent representatives of all the member countries of NATO; has political authority and powers of decision
    NAC.
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north atlantic treaty

  • noun the treaty signed in 1949 by 12 countries that established NATO
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north atlantic treaty organization

  • noun an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security
    NATO.
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south atlantic

  • noun that part of the Atlantic Ocean to the south of the equator
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supreme allied commander atlantic

  • noun commanding officer of ACLANT; a general of the United States Army nominated by the President of the United States and approved by the North Atlantic Council
    SACLANT.
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