Etymology

palaeotropics

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Today it means: The tropics of "the old world", the tropical areas of both Africa and Asia. Used in biology (rare), pertaining to area of geographical occurrence. Full definition →

English tropics ← Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)
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  1. Ancient Greekπᾰλαιός (pălaiós)
  2. Englishpaleo-
  3. Englishpalaeo-
  4. Englishtropics
  5. English todaypalaeotropics

From palaeo- + tropics.

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