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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries海洋生物
Pronunciation / Transliteration: hǎiyáng shēngwù
"保护海洋生物是每个人的责任。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The plants, animals, and other organisms that live in the salt water of the sea or ocean or the brackish water of coastal estuaries.
"Coral reefs support a vast and diverse array of marine life." - 2
Biological matter and ecosystems specific to oceanic habitats.
"Oil spills pose a catastrophic threat to local marine life."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'marine', derived from the Latin 'marinus' (belonging to the sea, from mare 'sea'), and 'life', from Old English 'līf' (body, person, life). It emerged in modern scientific and ecological discourse to describe the complex web of organisms living in saltwater environments.
Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Marine life"?
10 Global Lexicons: How "Marine life" is said worldwide
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vie marine
Transliteration: vi ma.rin
"La pollution plastique endommage gravement la vie marine."
Meereslebewesen
Transliteration: ˈmeːʁəsˌleːbəˌveːzn̩
"Wissenschaftler untersuchen die Meereslebewesen in der Tiefsee."
vita marina
Transliteration: ˈviː.ta maˈriː.na
"L'area protetta ospita una ricca varietà di vita marina."
vida marina
Transliteration: ˈbi.ða maˈɾi.na
"Los arrecifes de coral albergan una gran diversidad de vida marina."
vida marinha
Transliteration: ˈvi.dɐ mɐˈɾi.ɲɐ
"A conservação da vida marinha é essencial para o planeta."
समुद्री जीवन
Transliteration: samudrī jīvan
"प्रदूषण के कारण समुद्री जीवन खतरे में है।"
海洋生物
Transliteration: hǎiyáng shēngwù
"保护海洋生物是每个人的责任。"
해양 생물
Transliteration: haeyang saengmul
"기후 변화는 많은 해양 생물에 영향을 미칩니다."
海洋生物
Transliteration: kaiyō seibutsu
"海には多様な海洋生物が生息しています。"
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