| 单词 | peruvian current |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPeruvian current Peruvian current n. a cold surface current of the Pacific Ocean, flowing northwards along the western coast of South America; also called Humboldt current. ΚΠ 1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 120/2 The body of warm water which, according to Capt. Fitzroy, joins the Peruvian current near the Galapagos Islands. 1918 Geogr. Rev. 5 127 No feature of the coast of Peru is more significant as affecting the character of its marine fauna and flora than the Humboldt, or Peruvian, Current. 1990 Functional Ecol. 4 763/2 Some have speculated that the ancestors of the Galapagos fur seal were South American fur seals that followed the northerly directed Peruvian current. < as lemmas |
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