Lusitanian
Britishadjective
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poetic of or relating to Lusitania or Portugal
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biology denoting flora or fauna characteristically found only in the warm, moist, west-facing coastal regions of Portugal, Spain, France, and the west and southwest coasts of Great Britain and Ireland
Example Sentences
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Bauers introduced us to Promise Paen, a tough-as-nails soldier in the Republic of Aligned worlds and her fight against the Lusitanian Empire.
From The Verge ● Jul. 20, 2016
Dr. Simroth, too, has promulgated the view that the genus Arion—to which our common brown garden slug belongs—is of Lusitanian origin.
From The History of the European Fauna by Robert Francis Scharff
The great bulk of the Irish fauna is composed of Lusitanian, Alpine, and Oriental immigrants, and there is besides a distinctly Arctic or North American element.
From The History of the European Fauna by Robert Francis Scharff
Sweeter to Margaret than Lusitanian nectar such as Chianti yields was her drink of barley water.
From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Annie Ashmore
As a rule, however, we notice a marked decrease of Lusitanian species as we travel eastward from Western Europe.
From The History of the European Fauna by Robert Francis Scharff
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