a group of islands administered by Russia, claimed by Japan.

A dialect of Khmer, which uses a different writing system than Central Khmer. / ISO 639-2 code kxm https://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php

A person from the Northern Marianas or of descent of the Northern Mariana Islands.

(molecular biology) A laboratory technique, akin to Southern blot analysis, used to identify RNA fragments.

(UK, Ireland) A large member of the diver family, Gavia immer, commonly breeding in North America, where it is known as the as common loon.

A rodent in the Dipodidae family, Sicista betulina.

An archipelago, commonwealth and dependent territory (technically, an unincorporated territory) of the United States in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

A species of bottlenose whale, endemic to the North Atlantic, Hyperoodon ampullatus.

A medium-sized owl native to boreal forests of North America and Eurasia; Surnia ulula.

plural of northern bottlenose whale