the Galapagos Islands

Synonym of 海イグアナ (umi-iguana, “marine iguana”)

a seed / a pit or stone in a fruit / a gamete (reproductive cell such as a spermatozoan or egg) / a lineage, bloodline / an origin, cause / the materials or ingredients from which something is made

Galápagos syndrome, the domestic specialization of something, separated from international convention and standards

seagrass

staple food

characteristic of, particular to

particularity, innateness

a skink (lizard of family Scincidae) / (by extension) any lizard

a sea, an ocean / a lake / (figuratively) an object covering over a large area, as in 血の海 (chi no umi, “pool of blood”) or 火の海 (hi no umi, “sea of fire”)