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  • ocean turbot (Black); ocean tally (Andros, Nassau); ocean durgon (Eleu.)
    [cf. DJE ocean turbot different sp.] n. a fish, Canthidermis sufflamen: 1980 (Carey 13).
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  • ocean surgeon
    n. a fish, A canthurus bahianus: 1968 (Böhlke 658). (Inagua)
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  • ocean jack
    [DJE idem "It is caught only in deep water or the ocean."] n. a fish, the amber jack (Seriola dumerili).
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  • ocean hole
    n. 1. a deep hole on land, filled with tidal water: 1888 An extraordinary sheet of water called "the Ocean
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  • ocean durgon
    See OCEAN TURBOT (Black); ocean tally (Andros, Nassau); ocean durgon (Eleu.)
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  • ocean
    [cf. DJE ocean shark found out in deep water; cf. OED ocean the main or great sea] n. deep sea
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  • occurrent to
    [OED, liable to, exposed to obs. →1566; perhaps influenced by according to] prep. as a result of: If you can't
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  • Obeah woman
    [Car.; cf. OBEAH] n. a witch; a female practitioner of obeah: 1978 Some people said she was an obeah woman
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  • Obeah trap
    [cf. OBEAH witchcraft] n. a magic charm said to protect property by causing intruders to come to harm: 1936 I out
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  • Obeah snake
    [cf. OBEAH witchcraft] n. 1. any snake put under a magic spell to guard property against intruders and thieves: 1936
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