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8.5 Ocean animals
More than 70% of the earth is covered by the ocean. A research carried out by
the scientists showed that about one million species 种类 (zhǒnglèi) of animals live in
the ocean, in which 95% of them are invertebrates.
As we can see that some of the names of the ocean animals 海洋动物 (hǎiyáng
dòngwù) are made up from the words 海 (hǎi) or 鱼 (yú). For example, turtle 海龟
(hǎiguī), seahorse 海马 (hǎimǎ). The word 海 is used to show that the animals are live
in the sea/ocean. The character 氵in the word 海 has something to do with water.
Same goes to the word 鱼 (yú), meaning fish. Let’s have a look at the table below to
understand better.
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