(n) a country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government; achieved independence from France in 1960; largely western Sahara Desert, Syn. Mauritanie, Muritaniya, Islamic Republic of Mauritania
(n) straggling California annual herb with deep purple or violet flowers; sometimes placed in genus Nemophila, Syn. Pholistoma auritum, Nemophila aurita
[burakkuba-reddosa-jonfisshu ; burakkuba-reddosa-janfisshu] (n) black-barred surgeonfish (Acanthurus polyzona, species of tang known only from Mauritius, Réunion, Madagascar, and the Comoro Islands)