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Beau·fort Sea (bō′fərt)

part of the Arctic Ocean, north of Alaska & northwest of Canada

Etymology: named in honor of Sir Francis Beaufort (see Beaufort scale)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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