(n)a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942); the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers, Syn.battle of the Coral Sea
[howaitofinsa-jonfisshu ; howaitofinsa-janfisshu](n) whitefin surgeonfish (Acanthurus albipectoralis, species of Western Pacific tang found on the Great Barrier Reef through the Coral Sea to Tonga)[Add to Longdo]