Otago

/ ɒˈtɑːɡəʊ /

noun

1. a council region of New Zealand, formerly a province, founded by Scottish settlers in the south of South Island. The University of Otago (1869) in Dunedin is the oldest university in New Zealand. Chief town: Dunedin. Pop: 195 000 (2004 est)

Example Sentences

The study, published in Science Advances, involved researchers from Otago and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology.

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Senior author Associate Professor Mihnea Bostina, also from Otago's Department of Microbiology and Immunology, notes that rising antibiotic resistance and growing threats to global food security from plant pathogens make bacteriophages an increasingly valuable alternative.

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During his time in New Zealand, he kidnapped a penguin and kept it in his bathtub, only to send it back when the president of Otago United warned him he could face deportation if caught.

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They work: The long finger of the Otago Peninsula, once overrun with possums, is now almost free of them.

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Zoologist Philip Seddon from the University of Otago in New Zealand explained: "They are genetically modified grey wolves".

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