oceanic(n = noun.communication) eastern malayo-polynesian - an eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages;
is a kind of malayo-polynesian, polynesian
has particulars: tahitian, maori, hawaiian, fijian

1.  oceanic(a = adj.pert) pelagic - relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean; "oceanic islands like Bermuda"; "oceanic currents"; "oceanic birds"; "pelagic organisms"; "pelagic whaling"
Derived form noun ocean₁

2.  oceanic(s = adj.all) - resembling the ocean in apparent limitlessness in extent or degree; "the oceanic violence of his rage"
Derived form noun ocean₂

3.  oceanic(s = adj.all) - constituting or living in the open sea; "oceanic waters"; "oceanic life"
Derived form noun ocean₁

1.  Of or pertaining to the ocean; found or formed in or about, or produced by, the ocean; frequenting the ocean, especially mid-ocean. [1913 Webster]
"Petrels are the most aërial and oceanic of birds." [1913 Webster]

2.  Of or pertaining to Oceania or its inhabitants. [1913 Webster]

oceanic, adj.
1 of, like, or near the ocean.
2 (of a climate) governed by the ocean.
3 of the part of the ocean distant from the continents.
4 (Oceanic) of Oceania.

N  sea, ocean, main, deep, brine, salt water, waves, billows, high seas, offing, great waters, watery waste, vasty deep, wave, tide, hydrography, hydrographer, Neptune, Poseidon, Thetis, Triton, Naiad, Nereid, sea nymph, Siren, trident, dolphin, oceanic, marine, maritime, pelagic, pelagian, seagoing, hydrographic, bathybic, cotidal, at sea, on sea, afloat.

national oceanic and atmospheric administration, oceanic abyss, oceanic bird, oceanic bonito, oceanic whitetip shark