KUROSHIO CURRENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kuroshio current mean? 

• KUROSHIO CURRENT (noun)
  The noun KUROSHIO CURRENT has 1 sense:

1. a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean

  Familiarity information: KUROSHIO CURRENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KUROSHIO CURRENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

Japan current; Kuroshio; Kuroshio current

Hypernyms ("Kuroshio current" is a kind of...):

ocean current (the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction)