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- adjective Of or pertaining to the
Pyrenees , a range of mountains separating France and Spain
Etymologies
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Examples
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Bidassoa to Point Cerbére (a formation known as Pyrenean chalk).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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The blankets and rugs of Palencia have been known to some few English people for many years, owing to their extreme lightness, great warmth, and literally unending wear; but it is only within the last very few years that they can be said to have had any market at all in England, and now they are called "Pyrenean" rather than Spanish goods.
Spanish Life in Town and Country L. Higgin
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The cloning of the extinct Pyrenean ibex was partially successful: a successful clone was born, but the kid died shortly after birth from breathing issues.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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About that, too, I feel the need to be reticent – it's a bird of the northern pine forests, not the Pyrenean foothills.
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They clocked 4 hours, 31 minutes, 50 seconds for the 176. 5-kilometer (110-mile) trek along three big climbs from the Pyrenean principality of Andorra to Saint-Girons, France.
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Description: In July this year, the French secretary of state for ecology, Chantal Jouanno, announced that France would halt investment into restoration efforts for the Pyrenean brown bear (Ursus arctos), which currently numbers fewer than 20 individuals.
Biodiversity 100: actions for Europe Guillaume Chapron 2010
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Last year, he took advantage of the centenary of the first Pyrenean stage to put on a stage finish on the Col du Tourmalet.
Tour de France 2011: Alberto Contador's rocky mountain way 2011
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But this one was not the British sub-species, Sciurus vulgaris leucourus, distinguished by its pale-coloured tail; it was its duskier but otherwise identical Pyrenean cousin.
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Last year, he took advantage of the centenary of the first Pyrenean stage to put on a stage finish on the Col du Tourmalet.
Tour de France 2011: Alberto Contador's rocky mountain way 2011
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France? brown bearsAction: Set up a reintroduction programme to double the Pyrenean brown bear population within the next five years
Biodiversity 100: actions for Europe Guillaume Chapron 2010
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