How to Use pika in a Sentence

pika

noun
Definition of pikanext
  • The virus causes rabbits and their close relatives—like hares and the mountain-dwelling pika—to drop dead, sometimes with signs of blood near their noses and mouths.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2020
  • The eradication policy was introduced in 2000 and calls for the culling of two mountain-dwelling herbivores, the plateau pika and the zokor.
    — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 24 May 2023
  • Closer to the chinchillas in size and habitat is the American pika, a mountain-dwelling relative of rabbits and hares.
    — Popular Science, 20 Oct. 2020
  • Native to the Tianshan Mountains of northwestern China, the Ili pika was discovered in 1983, and few have shown their squeal-worthy faces since.
    — National Geographic, 14 June 2018
  • Members of the public interested in joining the pika watch can register with the zoo online.
    — Kale Williams, OregonLive.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The American pika is a type of mammal that closely resembles a rabbit.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 13 Oct. 2020
  • From tiny American pikas to towering moose, all park wildlife deserves respect.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2023
  • But the cooler climes in high altitudes are growing warmer, and that’s left the pika’s vulnerable to overheating in summer.
    — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 30 Aug. 2017
  • That means considering the smaller animals, such as shrews, voles, jumping mice, and pika, too.
    — Starre Vartan, National Geographic, 16 Apr. 2019
  • An animal, probably a pika, had eaten about a dozen quarter-sized holes into Kostanich’s shirt.
    — Evan Bush, The Seattle Times, 14 June 2017
  • The American pika, a relative of the rabbit, is usually found at high elevations.
    — Kale Williams, OregonLive.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The common dishes are red rice, barbecue ribs, tinaktak, kadun pika, kelaguen, eskabeche, pancit, japchae, potato salad, poke, lumpia, adobo and of course, the military-menu staple, Spam.
    — Author: Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Alaska Dispatch News, 11 Aug. 2017
  • In addition, some animals, such as Vietnam’s saola and China’s Ili pika, were spotted once again after having gone missing for years.
    — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Dependent upon snowfall for insulation in a place where the snowpack has been reduced by 41 percent over the past 30 years, the cute-as-a-bunny pika (which has already vanished from a large section of the Sierra Nevada) may be in trouble here, too.
    — Jon Waterman, Outside Online, 15 June 2020
  • With a temperature increase in this area of 3.4 degrees over the past century, researchers are concerned about Rocky’s heat-sensitive pika—an indicator species for climate change.
    — Jon Waterman, Outside Online, 15 June 2020
  • On June 7, this story was updated to correct inaccuracies about the American pika.
    — Liz Langley, National Geographic, 29 May 2019
  • Because of mini bears—the mice, rats, squirrels, rabbits, marmots, pikas, raccoons, porcupines, gray jays, and other small animals that reside in popular front-country and backcountry campsites.
    — Andrew Skurka, Outside Online, 26 Jan. 2019
  • The American pika, a cold-loving relative of rabbits, is often erroneously reported to be moving to higher locations as the climate warms.
    — Liz Langley, National Geographic, 29 May 2019
  • In Zion, as maximum temperatures in the summer have risen, the heat-intolerant American pika, a tiny mammal related to rabbits, has disappeared.
    — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2017

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