galapagos
IPA: gʌɫˈɑpʌgoʊz
Root Word: Galapagos
noun
- A province of Ecuador comprising the islands.
- Short for Galapagos Islands. [An archipelago off the coast of Ecuador, in the Pacific Ocean, famed for their influence on Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection.]
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Examples of "galapagos" in Sentences
- Galapagos would be wonderful too.
- Evolution of the Galapagos finches.
- The Costa and The Galapagos Islands.
- That's even more true of the Galapagos.
- Mycorrhizal fungi on the Galapagos Islands.
- Examples are species of Finch in the Galapagos.
- Botanical research and management in Galapagos.
- Sure, it's native to the Galapagos, but still...
- The various birds and reptiles in the Galapagos ...
- Just what part of the galapagos is the phanatic from?
- It is an Aldabra giant tortoise and not a Galapagos giant tortoise.
- Uploaded: 2010-07-29 documentary on the galapagos islands (Islas Galápagos)
- He writes of the natives as though they were interesting animal specimens, like rhinoceroses or galapagos tortoises, not as though they were men.
- While working for lindbald Expitions I was fortunate enough to vist some amazing places and on this journey I find myself traveling around the galapagos Islands.
- We may readily see that the Indian was any thing but a generous enemy; but the fact was, the _galapagos_ were old enemies, for one had nearly bitten off his hand while he was bathing.
- Speaking of Darwin in the Galapagos an article was published in the October issue of Diversion Magazine www.diversion.com about Harriet one of the 3 galapagos tortoises collected by Darwin and brought back to England and given to his friend John Wickham who retired from the navy and moved to Brisbane bringing them with him.
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