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Nansen bottle

an oceanographic instrument used to obtain water samples and temperature readings at various depths in the sea

Etymology: after Fridtjof Nansen

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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