Lord Howe Island

noun

1. an island in the S Pacific, E of Australia: a dependency of New South Wales. 5 sq. mi. (13 sq. km).

Lord Howe Island

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noun

1. an island in the Tasman Sea, southeast of Australia: part of New South Wales. Area: 17 sq km (6 sq miles). Pop: 401 (2001)

Example Sentences

Darren Incorvaia visited Lord Howe Island stick insects at the San Diego Zoo while reporting this article.

From New York Times

The feisty Lord Howe Island stick insect crawling on the gloved hand of Kyle Kassel, a keeper at the San Diego Zoo, had no idea that he shouldn’t exist.

From New York Times

"Similarly, the Morepork, a small owl species, is least concerned globally due to its large range size in New Zealand, but its subspecies in Norfolk Island is critically endangered in Australia, while its other subspecies from Lord Howe Island has already gone extinct."

From Science Daily

In the recent study, Bond and colleagues collected 30 recently deceased shearwaters from Lord Howe Island, Australia.

From Salon

The Lord Howe Island stick insect, which is from an island off Australia and was thought to have been extinct for decades.

From New York Times