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- noun Plural form of
peninsula .
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Examples
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The main representatives are the mountain hare (Lepus tolai), Korean field mouse (Apodemus peninsulae), squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), and root vole (Microtus oeconomus).
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She had gone with a furniture truck to move into her new holiday house in Kakovatos, near Zaharo on the west coast of the Peloponnese, the three peninsulae of southern Greece which along with the large island of Evia, west of Athens, were worst affected.
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Comments on the taxonomic status of Apodemus peninsulae, with description of a new subspecies from North China.
Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban
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Its breadth varies from 55 to 240 miles, averaging about 100; but it is extremely irregular, owing to many deep bays and considerable peninsulae.
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Notable fauna are rodents such as mountain hare (Lepus tolai), Korean field mouse (Apodemus peninsulae), and squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) and birds such as Dalmation pelican (Pelicanus crispus), white spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), and black stork (Ciconia nigra).
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