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Definition of HMS Beagle from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

HMS Beagle

/ˌeɪtʃ em es ˈbiːɡl/

/ˌeɪtʃ em es ˈbiːɡl/

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the ship in which Charles Darwin sailed to South America and the Galapagos Islands in 1831-6

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