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(Encyclopedia) loggerhead: see sea turtle.

(Encyclopedia) nudibranch: see sea slug.

(Encyclopedia) starfish: see sea star.

(Encyclopedia) hawksbill: see sea turtle.

(Encyclopedia) Ziz, in the Bible, pass or wadi, through which an allied army moved from the Dead Sea toward Jerusalem to attack Jehoshaphat.

(Encyclopedia) ridley: see sea turtle.

(Encyclopedia)  CE5 Pacific Ocean, largest and deepest ocean, c.70,000,000 sq mi (181,300,000 sq km), occupying about one third of the earth's surface; named by the explorer Ferdinand Magellan; the southern part i...

(Encyclopedia)  CE5 Atlantic Ocean [Lat.,=of Atlas], second largest ocean (c.31,800,000 sq mi/82,362,000 sq km; c.36,000,000 sq mi/93,240,000 sq km with marginal seas). The North Atlantic Ocean has some of the w...

(Encyclopedia) Parris Island: see Sea Islands.

(Encyclopedia) Huanghai: see Yellow Sea, China. ...