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Pleasant Island

noun

  1. the former name of Nauru

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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In a paper published earlier this year, they found wolves on Pleasant Island caused a deer population to plummet and switched to primarily eating sea otters in just a few years.

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The gray wolves on Pleasant Island attack the sea otters when they haul out onto the island’s rocky shores to rest.

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Pleasant Island isn’t the only place where wolves dine on sea otters.

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This is Pleasant Island Bill, a merry good-for-nothing, with a warm heart and unlimited capacity for whisky.

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Pleasant Island was the scene of one of Stickeen's many escapades.

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