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galapagos
/ɡəˈlaː.pəɡɔʊːs/
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What does galapagos mean?
noun
- plural of galapago.
proper noun
- Ellipsis of Galapagos Islands.
- A province of Ecuador comprising the islands.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɡəˈlaː.pəɡɔʊːs/
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At that period the birds must have been about as tame as they now are at the Galapagos.
I have no idea of the origin of the distribution of the Galapagos shells, about which you ask.
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I always regretted that I was not able to examine the great craters on Albemarle Island, one of the Galapagos.
Darwin anticipated with intense pleasure his visit to the Galapagos Islands.
These phenomena, worthy the attention of naturalists, are well known to mariners; they are extremely to be dreaded in the Pacific ocean, particularly in the small archipelago of the islands of Galapagos.