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subatlantic

subatlantic adjective: subsidiary or secondary to the Atlantic Ocean.

Adjective

subatlantic (not comparable)

  1. Subsidiary or secondary to the Atlantic Ocean.

Proper noun capitalized: Subatlantic

the Subatlantic

  1. The current climatic age of the Holocene epoch. It started about 2,500 years BP.

Origin of subatlantic

From sub- + Atlantic.

sub- + Atlantic

Questions about subatlantic

What does subatlantic mean?
Subatlantic means subsidiary or secondary to the Atlantic Ocean.
What part of speech is subatlantic?
Subatlantic can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near subatlantic in the dictionary

  1. subastral
  2. subastringent
  3. subathizone
  4. subathon
  5. subathons
  6. subatlantic
  7. subatmosphere
  8. subatmospheres
  9. subatmospheric
  10. subatom
  11. subatomic

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