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VITUS BEHRING
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• VITUS BEHRING (noun)
The noun VITUS BEHRING has 1 sense:
1. Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741)
Familiarity information: VITUS BEHRING used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Behring; Bering; Vitus Behring; Vitus Bering
Instance hypernyms:
navigator (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)
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