Islets

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of islet form-of, plural

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isletsmall island

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"Mitylene is a beautiful and extensive city of Lesbos intersected by various channels of the sea flowing through and around it, and adorned with bridges of polished white stone. You might imagine on beholding it that it was a collection of islets rather than a city."

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