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Pleasant Island

British  

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.

From Science Daily • Oct. 31, 2023

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

From Science Magazine • Jan. 25, 2023

But unlike the Coronation Island wolves, the Pleasant Island wolves have persisted.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 22, 2023

To scientists’ surprise, though, wolves on nearby Pleasant Island have avoided that fate.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 22, 2023

This "Harry" was formerly a boat steerer on an American whaleship, from which he had deserted, and had been living on Pleasant Island for some years.

From Concerning "Bully" Hayes From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 by Becke, Louis

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