Neotropical

[ nee-oh-trop-i-kuhl ]

adjectiveBiogeography.
  1. belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising that part of the New World extending from the tropic of Cancer southward.

Origin of Neotropical

1
First recorded in 1855–60; neo- + tropical

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British Dictionary definitions for Neotropical

Neotropical

/ (ˌniːəʊˈtrɒpɪkəl) /


adjective
  1. of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of South America and North America south of the tropic of Cancer

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