Marine

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Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology. In scientific contexts, the term almost always refers exclusively to saltwater environments, although in other contexts (e.g., engineering) it may refer to any (usually navigable) body of water.

Marine or marines may also refer to:

Military / seafarers [edit]

Marine (military), a member of the military in an infantry or amphibious force under the authority of a navy, or in several cases, of an independent amphibious force
a term for a navy, uncommon in English, but common in other languages
Merchant marine, a collective term for all of the merchant ships, shipping companies, and merchant mariners, usually of a particular country; also known in British usage as the Merchant Navy
Marine, the navy of the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr)

Marine art, the depiction of the sea in art
Marine (book), a book about the United States Marine Corps written by Tom Clancy in 1996
The Marine, a film
Marine F.C., an English football team from Merseyside
Chiba Lotte Marines, a Japanese professional baseball team
Space Marine, in science fiction, a soldier who serves aboard a spacecraft and/or who is trained to fight in space or in planetary attacks
Marine, a Terran ground unit in the Starcraft series.
Marine the Raccoon, an extra-dimensional character first appearing in Sonic Rush Adventure
"The Marines", an episode of the Adult Swim animated television series, Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Marine (given name)
David Marine (1888–1976), an American pathologist who tested the use of iodide to prevent goiters in schoolgirls, which led to the iodization of salt
Jean-Christophe Marine (born 1968), a Belgian molecular biologist
Marine Le Pen, a French politician

Adriana Marines (1992-1997), a Mexican-American girl in Texas whose murder sparked a major outcry