tidal current

English Thesaurus

1. the water current caused by the tides (noun.event)

hypernym	:	current, stream,
definition	:	a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) (noun.event)

hyponym	:	aegir, bore, eager, eagre, tidal bore,
definition	:	a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) (noun.event)

part meronym	:	tide,
definition	:	the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon (noun.event)