Thesaurus / gyre
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By staying within the gyre, vulnerable young sea turtles can remain relatively safe.
HOW SEA TURTLES FIND THEIR WAY - ISSUE 94: EVOLVINGJASON G. GOLDMANDECEMBER 16, 2020NAUTILUS
Likewise, where the gyre glances off the coast of Africa and returns to the Americas, a second current flowing the opposite direction continues south past the equator and away from the rest of the population.
HOW SEA TURTLES FIND THEIR WAY - ISSUE 94: EVOLVINGJASON G. GOLDMANDECEMBER 16, 2020NAUTILUS
The extremely slow collection of organic material and other sediments below a gyre does allow oxygen in the water to seep deep into the sediment.
SOME DEEP-SEAFLOOR MICROBES STILL ALIVE AFTER 100 MILLION YEARS!CAROLYN GRAMLINGSEPTEMBER 1, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
Dorsally, the fissure bifurcates, embracing the gyre indented by the caudal limb of the paracentral.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCEMARK TWAIN (SAMUEL CLEMENS)
Ay, and the elves and gyre-carlings frae the bonnie bairn, grace be wi' it?
GUY MANNERING, OR THE ASTROLOGER, COMPLETE, ILLUSTRATEDSIR WALTER SCOTT
Gyre (derived from Gayour or Giaour, a dog), “to scratch like a dog.”
LEWIS CARROLL IN WONDERLAND AND AT HOMEBELLE MOSES
WORDS RELATED TO GYRE
- alternate
- be in sequence
- bowl
- circle
- circumduct
- coil
- curve
- drape
- drive
- eddy
- elapse
- enfold
- entwine
- envelop
- flow
- fold
- follow
- furl
- go around
- go past
- gyrate
- gyre
- impel
- pass
- pirouette
- pivot
- propel
- reel
- rock
- rotate
- run
- spin
- spiral
- succeed
- swaddle
- swathe
- swing around
- swirl
- swivel
- trundle
- twirl
- twist
- undulate
- wheel
- whirl
- wind
- wrap
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