yellow sally
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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However, despite learning much about scarce yellow sally, the scientists still have no idea how it got its name.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2023
The tiny river fly, known as scarce yellow sally, was thought to have died out a few decades ago.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2023
Without any new evidence of its survival in the River Dee, the scarce yellow sally stonefly would be declared locally extinct, Mr. Macadam said; it already had vanished from an assortment of European countries.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2020
Just a few years ago, it seemed like the scarce yellow sally stonefly had gone locally extinct.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2020
About 20 minutes into that day’s expedition, Mr. Davy-Bowker captured a living scarce yellow sally stonefly, upending 22 years of presumed local extinction.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2020
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