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Shoal logo #10101) Aquatic navigation obstacle 2) Bar in the water 3) Bar located near a school 4) Bar that might be dangerous 5) Bar where sailors may stop 6) Barrier island 7) Become shallow 8) Boat bottom bumper 9) Coastal feature 10) Coastal geography 11) Hazard to navigation 12) High seas hazard 13) Keel killer
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Shoal logo #10101) Bar 2) Multitude 3) Reef 4) Sandbank 5) Sandbar 6) Shelf
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Shoal logo #21840or sandbar is a somewhat linear landform within or extending into a body of water, typically composed of sand, silt or small pebbles. Bars can appear in the sea, in a lake, or in a river.
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Shoal logo #21752Shallow water that is a hazard to navigation.
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Shoal logo #21795 Shallow water that is a hazard to navigation.
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Shoal logo #21002• (n.) A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal. • (n.) A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass. • (a.) Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water. • (v. i.) To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place. • (n.) A place where the...
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Shoal logo #23228A group of fish loosely gathered together but with variable distance between individuals and moving in various directions and/or oriented in various positions. Fish that shoal together will often school when on the move or in response to a threat.
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shoal logo #22490A submerged ridge, bank, or bar.
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shoal logo #21003accumulation of sediment in a river channel or on a continental shelf that is potentially dangerous to ships. On the continental shelf it is ... [3 related articles]
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Shoal logo #21189a shallow location, such as over a sandbank, often home to large numbers of schooling fish. These schools of fish are sometimes called shoals themselves.
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shoal logo #21366Shallow
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Shoal logo #20126a social group consisting of individuals of the same species that are not always similar in size, that are not equal in social status, and that do not move in a highly coordinated fashion.
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shoal logo #20973A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass. 'Great shoals of people.' 'Beneath, a shoal of silver fishes glides.' (Waller) ... Origin: AS. Scolu, sceolu, a company, multitude, crowd, akin to OS. Skola; probably originally, a division, and akin to Icel. Skilja to part, divide. See Skill, and cf. Scho...
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Shoal logo #20972Shoal adjective [ Confer Shallow ; or confer German scholle a clod, glebe, Old High German scollo , scolla , probably akin to English shoal a multitude.] Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water.
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Shoal logo #20972Shoal intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Shoaled ; present participle & verbal noun Shoaling .] To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place. Chapman.
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Shoal logo #20972Shoal noun [ Anglo-Saxon scolu , sceolu , a company, multitude, crowd, akin to Old Saxon skola ; probably originally, a division, and akin to Icelandic skilja to part, divide. See Skill , and confer School . of fishes.] A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a ...
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Shoal logo #20972Shoal transitive verb To cause to become more shallow; to come to a more shallow part of; as, a ship shoals her water by advancing into that which is less deep. Marryat.
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Shoal logo #22493a group of fish swimming together
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shoal logo #22134Shallow
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shoal logo #21562a shallow area, often an underwater sandbar; sometimes also refers to an island or group of islands
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shoal logo #22088A group of sandbanks.
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Shoal logo #23134or sandbar is a somewhat linear landform within or extending into a body of water, typically composed of sand, silt or small pebbles. Bars can appear in the sea, in a lake, or in a river.
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shoal logo #23421[Macbeth] (6) sandbank
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Shoal logo #20127(1) (noun) A detached area of any material except rock or coral. The DEPTHS over it are a danger to surface navigation. Similar continental or insular shelf features of greater DEPTHS are usually termed BANKS. (2) (verb) To become shallow gradually. (3) To cause to become shallow. (4) To proceed from a greater to a lesser DEPTH of water.
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shoal logo #20974 noun a stretch of shallow water
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