Notogaea

Or No·to·ge·a

[noh-tuh-jee-uh]

noun

1. a biogeographical division comprising the Australian region.

Notogaea

/ ˌnəʊtəˈdʒiːə /

noun

1. a zoogeographical area comprising the Australasian region Compare Arctogaea Neogaea

Other Word Forms

• Notogaean noun
• Notogaeal adjective
• Notogaeic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Notogaea¹

< New Latin < Greek nóto ( s ) the south + gaîa earth, land

Word History and Origins

Origin of Notogaea¹

C19: from Greek notos south wind + gaia land

Example Sentences

Huxley has urged with his wonted perspicuity the alliance of these two regions as Notogaea, basing his opinion, besides other weighty evidence, in great measure on the evidence afforded by the two main sections of the Galli, viz. the Peristeropodes and the Alectoropodes, the former composed of the families Megapodiidae, almost wholly Australian, and the Cracidae, entirely Neotropical.

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For the same year, 1868, we have to mention Huxley, whose Arctogaea and Notogaea are nothing less than the reconstructed main masses of land of the Mesozoic period.

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