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Pribilof Islands definition

Pribi·lof· Islands (prib′ə läf′)

group of four Alaskan islands in the Bering Sea, north of the Aleutian Islands: noted as a breeding place of seals

Etymology: after Gavril Pribylov, Russ sea captain, c. 1786

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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