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Sardinian pika

Sardinian pika noun: an extinct species of pika, Prolagus sardus, endemic to Sardinia, Corsica, and the neighboring Mediterranean islands.

Noun

Sardinian pika (plural Sardinian pikas)

  1. An extinct species of pika, Prolagus sardus, endemic to Sardinia, Corsica, and the neighboring Mediterranean islands.
    • The Sardinian pika – the last of the larger Mediterranean species of Prolagus – was almost wiped out through competition and predation from invasive species introduced by the Romans, only holding on in isolated communities until becoming extinct perhaps within the last 200 years.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 53

Forms of Sardinian pika

pluralSardinian pikas

Questions about Sardinian pika

What does Sardinian pika mean?
Sardinian pika means an extinct species of pika, Prolagus sardus, endemic to Sardinia, Corsica, and the neighboring Mediterranean islands.
What part of speech is Sardinian pika?
Sardinian pika is a noun.
What is the plural of Sardinian pika?
The plural of Sardinian pika is Sardinian pikas.

Words near Sardinian pika in the dictionary

  1. Sardinha
  2. Sardinhas
  3. Sardinia
  4. Sardinian
  5. Sardinian donkey
  6. Sardinian pika
  7. Sardinian pikas
  8. Sardinian warbler
  9. Sardinian warblers
  10. Sardinians
  11. sardinier

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