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US
/ˌmaɪkɹoʊˈniʒə/
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NOUN
- a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986
- the islands in the northwestern part of Oceania
How To Use Micronesia In A Sentence
- Mr. Piailug learned navigation at the feet of his grandfather on Satawal, an island of less than a square mile in the Micronesian state of Yap. Pacific Navigator Kept Sailing Techniques Afloat
- Within the Pacific Islands region are the subregions of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia.
- In Micronesia, rabbitfish (Sigamus spp.), herbivores, are used in floating net cages to consume the fouling organisms and reduce the maintenance of nets. 4 Coastal Mariculture
- The idea grew out of an effort to save highly endangered Micronesian kingfishers in Guam, where many bird species had been decimated by a brown snake invasion.
- Formerly called the Trust Territory, Micronesia possesses only two-thirds the land area of Rhode Island, yet lies scattered over an expanse of ocean comparable to the contiguous United States.
- The idea grew out of an effort to save highly endangered Micronesian kingfishers in Guam, where many bird species had been decimated by a brown snake invasion.
- Via Warren Ellis, uma ideia fascinante: A kind of flying Hawaii, or anti-gravitational Micronesia, with tanned deck-hands leaping across aerodynamic tailfins to the soundtrack of ceaseless enginery, the helicopter archipelago would act as an escape hatch from traditional, nation-state sovereignty. Leituras
- He retired in 1976 as chairman of the Micronesian Claims Commission. Betty F. Greer, GOP worker
- In the paper "A new species of Cyrtomaia Miers, 1886 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Majidae) from Micronesia" by B.R. de Forges and P.K.L. Ng in Zootaxa 1409: 61-67 (2007) a new species of Cyrtomaia deep-sea spider crab. Archive 2007-02-01
- Stick Fish in Polynesia Between visits to a lake filled with stinger-free jellyfish and an ancient "bank" stocked with stone currency, guests on Off the Beaten Path's trips to the Micronesian islands of Yap and Pulau can hunt fish with stone-tipped spikes just as the islanders did and do. A Whole Other Ball Game