sky island
n.— «It’s a difficult bird to study because it’s distributed across a fragmented range of mountaintops which we sometimes refer to as “sky islands.”» —“Researchers work to ensure survival of a rare songbird” by Mary Esch in Lake Placid Newsday (Long Island, New York) Aug. 26, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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