GALAPAGOS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Galapagos mean? 

• GALAPAGOS (noun)
  The noun GALAPAGOS has 1 sense:

1. a group of islands in the Pacific off South America; owned by Ecuador; known for unusual animal life

  Familiarity information: GALAPAGOS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GALAPAGOS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A group of islands in the Pacific off South America; owned by Ecuador; known for unusual animal life

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Galapagos; Galapagos Islands

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Holonyms ("Galapagos" is a part of...):

Ecuador; Republic of Ecuador (a republic in northwestern South America; became independent from Spain in 1822; the landscape is dominated by the Andes)

 Context examples 

The Galapagos Islands provide a natural stage to compare different predator situations.

(A decade after the predators have gone, Galapagos Island finches are still being spooked, University of Cambridge)

Working in the Galapagos Islands, the biologists studied wave motions, conducted underwater experiments and used marine life censuses to evaluate the effects of wave turbulence on sea urchins and fish feeding on algae.

(Galapagos sea life study highlights importance of biodiversity in the face of climate change, National Science Foundation)

This could make them vulnerable to threats like these predators, which are present in urban areas on the Galapagos.

(A decade after the predators have gone, Galapagos Island finches are still being spooked, University of Cambridge)

When Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos Islands during his Voyage of the Beagle in 1835, he could famously get close enough to throw his hat over the birds.

(A decade after the predators have gone, Galapagos Island finches are still being spooked, University of Cambridge)