el nino
English Thesaurus
1. the Christ child (noun.person)
| instance hypernym | : | christ, deliverer, good shepherd, jesus, jesus christ, jesus of nazareth, redeemer, savior, saviour, the nazarene, |
| definition | : | a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29) (noun.person) |
| domain category | : | spanish, |
| definition | : | the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain (noun.communication) |
2. (oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time (noun.phenomenon)
| hypernym | : | ocean current, |
| definition | : | the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | el nino southern oscillation, |
| definition | : | a more intense El Nino that occurs every few years when the welling up of cold nutrient-rich water does not occur; kills plankton and fish and affects weather patterns (noun.phenomenon) |
| domain category | : | oceanography, oceanology, |
| definition | : | the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans (noun.cognition) |
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