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marine biology

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The branch of biology dealing with organisms that live in the sea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

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Broader terms: biology, natural science, science

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Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: علم الأحياء البحرية — branch of biology
  • Belarusian: біялогія акіяна (bijalóhija akijana) — branch of biology
  • Breton: morvevoniezh — branch of biology
  • Catalan: biologia marina — branch of biology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 海洋生物學 /海洋生物学 (hǎiyáng shēngwùxué) — branch of biology
  • Danish: marinbiologi — branch of biology
  • Dutch: mariene biologie — branch of biology
  • Esperanto: marbiologio — branch of biology
  • Estonian: merebioloogia — branch of biology
  • Finnish: meribiologia — branch of biology
  • French: biologie marine — branch of biology
  • Galician: bioloxía mariña — branch of biology
  • German: Meeresbiologie — branch of biology
  • Greek: θαλάσσια βιολογία (thalássia viología) — branch of biology
  • Hebrew: ביולוגיה ימית — branch of biology
  • Hindi: समुद्री जीवविज्ञान (samudrī jīvvijñān) — branch of biology
  • Hindi: समुद्र जीवविज्ञान (samudra jīvvijñān) — branch of biology
  • Hindi: समुद्र जीवशास्त्र (samudra jīvśāstra) — branch of biology
  • Hungarian: tengerbiológia — branch of biology
  • Icelandic: sjávarlíffræði — branch of biology
  • Indonesian: biologi kelautan — branch of biology
  • Italian: biologia marina — branch of biology
  • Japanese: 海洋生物学 (kaiyōseibutsugaku) — branch of biology
  • Khmer: សាគរជីវសាស្ត្រ (saakɔɔ chiivɔɔ saah) — branch of biology
  • Korean: 해양생물학 (haeyangsaengmulhak) — branch of biology
  • Latvian: jūras bioloģija — branch of biology
  • Lithuanian: jūrų biologija — branch of biology
  • Malayalam: സമുദ്ര ജീവശാസ്ത്രം (samudra jīvaśāstraṁ) — branch of biology
  • Navajo: táyiʼ naaldeehii naalkaah — branch of biology
  • Norwegian: marinbiologi — branch of biology
  • Persian: بیولوژی دریا — branch of biology
  • Persian: زیستشناسی دریا — branch of biology
  • Persian: زیستشناسی دریایی — branch of biology
  • Polish: biologia morza — branch of biology
  • Portuguese: biologia marinha — branch of biology
  • Romanian: biologie marină — branch of biology
  • Russian: биоло́гия океа́на (biológija okeána) — branch of biology
  • Sindhi: سامونڊي جياڀياس (sāmõḍe jyābhyās) — branch of biology
  • Sinhalese: සමුද්ර ජීවවේදය (samudra jīwawēdaya) — branch of biology
  • Slovene: morska biologija — branch of biology
  • Spanish: biología marina — branch of biology
  • Swedish: marinbiologi — branch of biology
  • Thai: ชีววิทยาทางทะเล — branch of biology
  • Turkish: deniz biyolojisi — branch of biology
  • Ukrainian: біологія океану (biolohija okeanu) — branch of biology
  • Urdu: بحری حیاتیات — branch of biology
  • Welsh: bioleg forol — branch of biology