1. (Med.) A pimple; a small, usually conical, elevation of the cuticle, produced by congestion, accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue; a papule. Quain. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Zool.) One of the numerous small hollow processes of the integument between the plates of starfishes. [ 1913 Webster ]
In the Carteret Islands, near Papua New Guinea, some people have already had to leave their homes because the sea water is washing around their houses.
papua
Most of the Melanesians living in Papua New Guinea have very curly hair, don't they?
(n) any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages, Syn. Papuan language
(n) a parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea; in 1975 it became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations, Syn. Independent State of Papua New Guinea