1. a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942); the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers; [syn: Coral Sea, battle of the Coral Sea]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
battle of the Coral Sea
n 1: a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942); the first
naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft
carriers [syn: Coral Sea, battle of the Coral Sea]