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OCEANIA |
Pacific islands |
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SAMOA |
Pacific islands |
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GALAPAGOS |
Pacific islands belonging to Ecuador |
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TUVALU |
Former Ellice Islands in the Pacific Ocean |
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GAUGUIN |
French painter who lived in the Pacific islands |
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TONGO |
The mangrove; -- so called in the Pacific Islands. |
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NEW ZEALAND |
A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. |
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TAHITIANS |
The people of one of the largest islands in the South Pacific |
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POLYNESIAN |
Of or pertaining to Polynesia (the islands of the
eastern and central Pacific), or to the Polynesians. |
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MAARA SHELL |
A large, pearly, spiral, marine shell (Turbo
margaritaceus), from the Pacific Islands. It is used as an ornament. |
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SAMOAN |
Of or pertaining to the Samoan Islands (formerly called
Navigators' Islands) in the South Pacific Ocean, or their inhabitants. |
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KURILIAN |
Of or pertaining to the Kurile Islands, a chain of
islands in the Pacific ocean, extending from the southern extremity of
Kamschatka to Yesso. |
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MEGAPODE |
Any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous
birds of the genera Megapodius and Leipoa, inhabiting Australia and
other Pacific isla... |
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PALOLA |
An annelid (Palola viridis) which, at certain seasons of
the year, swarms at the surface of the sea about some of the Pacific
Islands, where it is collected for food. |
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SANTALUM |
A genus of trees with entire opposite leaves and small
apetalous flowers. There are less than a dozen species, occurring from
India to Australia and the Pacific Islands. See Sandalwood. |
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MICRONESIAN |
Of or pertaining to Micronesia, a collective
designation of the islands in the western part of the Pacific Ocean,
embracing the Marshall and Gi... |
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BREADFRUIT |
The fruit of a tree (Artocarpus incisa) found in the
islands of the Pacific, esp. the South Sea islands. It is of a roundish
form, from four to... |