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palaeotropics

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
palaeotrop-ics
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The tropics of "the old world", the tropical areas of both Africa and Asia. Used in biology (rare), pertaining to area of geographical occurrence.

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English palaeo- English tropics English palaeotropics From palaeo- + tropics.

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What does palaeotropics mean?
The tropics of "the old world", the tropical areas of both Africa and Asia. Used in biology (rare), pertaining to area of geographical occurrence.
Where does palaeotropics come from?
Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English palaeo- English tropics English palaeotropics From palaeo- + tropics.

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