Pelew Islands
/ (piːˈluː) /
pl n
a former name of (the Republic of) Palau
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The cult of the frigate-bird is characteristic of Melanesia, and apparently also extends to the Pelew Islands.
Evolution in Art | Alfred C. HaddonThe inhabitants of the Pelew Islands, we are told, eat only the eggs of their hens, and not the flesh.
A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume II (of 2) | Johann BeckmanThe paucity of quadrupeds, and the abundance of tropical vegetables is common to the Pelew Islands, and the whole of Polynesia.
The Natural History of the Varieties of Man | Robert Gordon Latham
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