marine

/məˈrin/

/məˈrin/

If it has to do with the ocean or sea, you can call it marine. Your friend in the U.S. Armed Services who is a Marine probably spends a lot of time near the ocean.

Marine life is everything that lives in the water: plants, fish, sharks, algae, crabs, seahorses, giant squid, and the list goes on and on. When you study things that live in or near the sea, you are either a marine biologist or just really excited about ocean life. If you work in a field that deals with the ocean, boats, sailors or the navy you could be, for instance, a marine meteorologist.

Definitions of marine

1. adjective

   of or relating to the sea
   “marine explorations”
2. adjective

   relating to or characteristic of or occurring on or in the sea
   synonyms:

   deep-sea

   of or taking place in the deeper parts of the sea

   oceangoing, seafaring, seagoing

   used on the high seas

   oceanic

   constituting or living in the open sea

   offshore

   at some distance from the shore

   oversea, overseas

   being or passing over or across the sea

   subocean, suboceanic

   formed or situated or occurring beneath the ocean or the ocean bed
3. adjective

   native to or inhabiting the sea
   “marine plants and animals such as seaweed and whales”

   synonyms:

   aquatic

   operating or living or growing in water
4. adjective

   relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
   “marine insurance”

   synonyms: maritime, nautical
5. adjective

   of or relating to military personnel who serve both on land and at sea (specifically the U.S. Marine Corps)
   “marine barracks”
6. noun

   a soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land
   type of:

   soldier

   an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army