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ATLANTIC

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1. What does ATLANTIC mean?
pronunciation
The 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east (this entry has two senses; see the dictionary for the second meaning).

2. What does ATLANTIC COD mean?
pronunciation
One of the world's most important commercial fishes

3. What does MID-ATLANTIC mean?
pronunciation
Of a region of the United States generally including Delaware; Maryland; Virginia; and usually New York; Pennsylvania; New Jersey

4. What does ATLANTIC CITY mean?
pronunciation
It's a city on the Atlantic shore in southeastern New Jersey; a resort and gambling center

5. What does ATLANTIC TIME mean?
pronunciation
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

6. What does ATLANTIC COAST mean?
pronunciation
It's a coast of the Atlantic Ocean

7. What does ATLANTIC MANTA mean?
pronunciation
Largest manta (to 22 feet across wings); found worldwide but common in Gulf of Mexico and along southern coasts of United States; primarily oceanic

8. What does ATLANTIC OCEAN mean?
pronunciation
The 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east

9. What does NORTH ATLANTIC mean?
pronunciation
That part of the Atlantic Ocean north of the equator

10. What does SOUTH ATLANTIC mean?
pronunciation
That part of the Atlantic Ocean south of the equator

11. What does ATLANTIC BONITO mean?
pronunciation
Medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna

12. What does ATLANTIC PUFFIN mean?
pronunciation
Common puffin of the northern Atlantic

13. What does ATLANTIC RIDLEY mean?
pronunciation
Grey sea turtle of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America

14. What does ATLANTIC SALMON mean?
pronunciation
Fatty pink flesh of fish from northern coastal Atlantic; usually marketed fresh (this entry has two senses; see the dictionary for the second meaning).

15. What does ATLANTIC WALRUS mean?
pronunciation
It's a walrus of northern Atlantic and Arctic waters

16. What does MIDDLE ATLANTIC mean?
pronunciation
Of a region of the United States generally including Delaware; Maryland; Virginia; and usually New York; Pennsylvania; New Jersey

17. What does ATLANTIC CROAKER mean?
pronunciation
It's a silvery-bodied croaker with dark markings and tiny barbels

18. What does ATLANTIC HALIBUT mean?
pronunciation
Largest United States flatfish

19. What does ATLANTIC HERRING mean?
pronunciation
Important food fish; found in enormous shoals in the northern Atlantic

20. What does ATLANTIC MOONFISH mean?
definition
Any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies

21. What does ATLANTIC SAILFISH mean?
pronunciation
It's a kind of sailfish

22. What does ATLANTIC SEA BREAM mean?
pronunciation
Sea bream of warm Atlantic waters

23. What does MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE mean?
pronunciation
It's 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

24. What does ATLANTIC TRIPLETAIL mean?
definition
Tripletail found from Cape Cod to northern South America

25. What does MID-ATLANTIC STATES mean?
pronunciation
It's a region of the eastern United States comprising New York and New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Delaware and Maryland

26. What does ATLANTIC WHITE CEDAR mean?
pronunciation
Slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae

27. What does NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY mean?
pronunciation
The treaty signed in 1949 by 12 countries that established NATO

28. What does ATLANTIC SPINY DOGFISH mean?
pronunciation
Destructive dogfish of the Atlantic coastal waters of America and Europe; widely used in anatomy classes

29. What does ATLANTIC STANDARD TIME mean?
pronunciation
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

30. What does NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL mean?
pronunciation
It's a council consisting of permanent representatives of all the member countries of NATO; has political authority and powers of decision

31. What does ALLIED COMMAND ATLANTIC mean?
pronunciation
It's a major strategic headquarters of NATO located in the United States; is under the authority of the North Atlantic Council

32. What does ATLANTIC BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN mean?
definition
The most common dolphin of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; often kept captive and trained to perform

33. What does SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER ATLANTIC mean?
pronunciation
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

34. What does NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION mean?
pronunciation
It's an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security


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