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Example sentences for "locally known"

  • In Alaska the Dolly Varden, locally known as salmon-trout, is very destructive to the eggs of the salmon, and countless numbers are taken in the salmon-nets of Alaska and thrown away as useless by the canners.

  • Scomber loo, silvery, with round black spots, is the common mackerel of the South Seas, locally known as Ga.

  • In northern Japan is a similar species, Hucho blackistoni, locally known as Ito, a large and handsome trout with very slender body, reaching a length of 2½ feet.

  • The genus Agonostomus includes fresh-water mullets of the mountain rivers of the East and West Indies and Mexico, locally known as trucha, or trout.

  • From this bird's habit of constantly swaying its lengthened tail feathers from side to side it is locally known in many districts as the `Willy Wagtail.

  • Pistacia Lentiscus, locally known as shinia, or shinia bush, abounds all along the coasts of the Island.

  • This stunted condition is locally known as "brachycarpia" and has been the subject of careful scientific study and practical treatment by the Agricultural Department during the last few years.

  • Taiwara is locally known as Ghur, and may be absolutely on the site of the ancient capital, for there are ruins enough to support the theory.

  • Looking south it appears to be flanked by a flat blue wall of hills, presenting no opportunity for escalade or passage through them, a blue level line of counterscarp, which is locally known as the Elburz.

  • The floor of one of these coves is littered with fractured rock of a reddish brown, from which it is locally known as Red Stone Cove.

  • This point is locally known as the Narrows.

  • A terrible rent in the east side of the cliff is locally known as the Spouting Horn.

  • The means of relief usually employed are those which the shaman (or conjurer, as he is locally known) is able to effect by working on the imagination of the sick, who is in this condition easily influenced.

  • Off the mouth of this river is a huge island, locally known as Big island.

  • There may be but one community in a locality, and this is locally known to the white people as the "gang" of the head man.

  • At the last bend, however, a large island, locally known as Big island, not only obstructs but ends navigation for boats drawing over 6 feet.

  • The mysterious apparition of a woman who committed suicide was supposed to haunt Polbreen Mine, Cornwall, locally known as 'Dorcas.

  • Heath Old Hall, near Wakefield, is haunted by the ghost of Lady Bolles, who is commonly reported to have been conjured down into a hole of the river, locally known as 'Bolles Pit.

  • Not far away is Round Meadow, locally known as Bear-Trap Meadow, for one may still find there an old bear-trap that hunters were wont to use thirty or forty years ago.

  • In the Tahoe region it is locally known as the red fir.

  • The chief native trout of Lake Tahoe is locally known as the "cut-throat," because of a brilliant dash of red on either side of the throat.

  • On one of the hills above the combe is a Roman encampment fenced with a rough wall of stone, locally known as Burrington Ham.

  • There is an old market cross (locally known as the butter cross) hidden by the hedge on the right-hand side of the upper Minehead road.

  • It is locally known as the Nunnery, a curious designation, which points to a possible connection with the priory, perhaps in the capacity of guest house.

  • Castle Neroche, locally known as Castle Ratch, a remarkable earthwork of problematical origin, 7 m.

  • A figure of the Virgin, in the doorway, it locally known as Notre Dame des Neiges.

  • The cathedral of St. Jean is of a peculiar architectural style, locally known as "Chartreusian.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "locally known" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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