- connected with the sea and the creatures and plants that live there
- marine life
- a marine biologist (= a scientist who studies life in the sea)
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- connected with ships or trade at seaTopics Transport by waterc1
Word OriginMiddle English (as a noun in the sense ‘seashore’): from Old French marin, marine, from Latin marinus, from mare ‘sea’.
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