Lord Howe Island
Americannoun
noun
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The feisty Lord Howe Island stick insect crawling on the gloved hand of Kyle Kassel, a keeper at the San Diego Zoo, had no idea that he shouldn’t exist.
From New York Times • May 28, 2024
In the recent study, Bond and colleagues collected 30 recently deceased shearwaters from Lord Howe Island, Australia.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2023
The Lord Howe Island stick insect, which is from an island off Australia and was thought to have been extinct for decades.
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2022
The storm, twice the diameter of 2017’s deadly cyclone Debbie, was tracking south towards Lord Howe Island but was predicted to turn and head north again.
From The Guardian • Feb. 23, 2019
There's only us three white men aboard, and the native boys will take their Bible oath I didn't die until the ship was off Lord Howe Island if you give 'em a box of tobacco.
From The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 by Becke, Louis
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