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marginal seas

marginal seas is the plural of marginal sea.

Meaning of marginal sea

Noun

marginal sea (plural marginal seas)

  1. A part of ocean partially enclosed by land such as islands, archipelagos, or peninsulas.
    • The Attorneys General of California, Louisiana and Maryland today urged continued state control of oil operations on land beneath marginal seas while the dispute over whether the states or the Federal Government owns these lands is being settled.1950 August 20, “3 States Ask Control Of Marginal Sea Oil”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Questions about marginal seas

What is marginal seas the plural of?
Marginal seas is the plural of marginal sea.

Words near marginal seas in the dictionary

  1. marginal farmer
  2. marginal farmers
  3. marginal note
  4. marginal notes
  5. marginal sea
  6. marginal seas
  7. marginal utilities
  8. marginal utility
  9. marginal wharf
  10. marginal wharfs
  11. marginal wharves

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