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sea′ puss′  (pŏŏs),USA pronunciation [Oceanog.]
  1. Oceanographya strong nearshore current resulting from the seaward flow of water, esp. through a channel in a bar.
  • Proto-Algonquian *si·po·wi (Fox si·po·wi) + diminutive suffix
  • Unquachog (English spelling, spelled) seépus river
  • '' alteration, by folk etymology, etymological, of earlier seapoose 1645–55, American. in sense "brook


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