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gallery forest

American  

noun

  1. a narrow strip of woods or forest along the banks of a watercourse flowing through open country.


gallery forest British  

noun

  1. a stretch of forest along a river in an area of otherwise open country

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of gallery forest

First recorded in 1915–20

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The specimens from Boaco and Chontales were captured over small streams bordered by gallery forest.

From Noteworthy Records of Bats From Nicaragua, with a Checklist of the Chiropteran Fauna of the Country by Jones, J. Knox

Our specimens were caught in mist nets placed over small, quiet streams that were fringed with tall, gallery forest.

From Noteworthy Records of Bats From Nicaragua, with a Checklist of the Chiropteran Fauna of the Country by Jones, J. Knox

A small village on the Pacific coast; arid tropical scrub forest and gallery forest along the Arroyo de Huahua.

From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by Duellman, William E.

It was captured in a mist net as it foraged over a small stream that supported relatively well-developed gallery forest along the bank.

From Noteworthy Records of Bats From Nicaragua, with a Checklist of the Chiropteran Fauna of the Country by Jones, J. Knox

A village on the Río Tepalcatepec, 22 kilometers by road south of Nueva Italia; open arid tropical scrub forest and some gallery forest along the river.

From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by Duellman, William E.

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