HUMBOLDT CURRENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Humboldt current mean? 

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

1. a cold ocean current that flows north along the Pacific Coast of South America before turning west

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUMBOLDT CURRENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cold ocean current that flows north along the Pacific Coast of South America before turning west

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

Humboldt current; Peruvian current

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

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