Los banos
a town in central California.
Historical Examples
It has a relatively broad skull in comparison with the adult female of xanthogenys from Los Banos.
American Weasels E. Raymond Hall
Los Banos is an old bathing establishment not far from Kalamba, where Rizal was born.
The Spell of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines Isabel Anderson
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