JAMES COOK

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• JAMES COOK (noun)
  The noun JAMES COOK has 1 sense:

1. English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)

  Familiarity information: JAMES COOK used as a noun is very rare.

• JAMES COOK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Captain Cook; Captain James Cook; Cook; James Cook

Instance hypernyms:

navigator (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)

 Context examples 

Scientists from James Cook University and Ohio University discovered the oldest known examples of "fungus gardens" in 25 million-year-old fossil termite nests in East Africa.

(Researchers discover oldest evidence of 'farming' by insects, NSF)