El Ni|ño

El Ni|ño «ehl NEEN yoh»,

a periodic current of warm water flowing southward along the coast of Peru that kills the fish and causes the sea birds to migrate to find food: »

Once in every ten years or so, a current of warm water called El Niño…creeps stealthily down the coast (Time).

╂[< Spanish El Niño the Christ child (because the current usually appears near Christmas]