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Large wavy areas (4)

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seas

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'large wavy areas' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.

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(Other definitions for seas that I've seen before include "Oceans" , "Red and Dead" , "Bodies of salt water" , "Red and Black are" , "Aegean and Mediterranean, say" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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