Meanings
adjectiveanthropochorous (not comparable)
- not comparableor florabiologythat have populations transported as aliens to geographical areas by the direct or indirect, typically inadvertent, action of humans.
- not comparableor florabiologythat have populations effectively relying on human transport or action, typically inadvertent, for their propagation.
From their initial habitats, many anthropochorous insects have been transported by humans around the globe and several are now cosmopolitan in distribution.
2003, Kevin J. Edwards, Ian Ralston, Scotland After the Ice Age: Environment, Archaeology and History, 8000 BC - AD 1000
Origin
From anthropo- (“man, human”) + Ancient Greek χωρίζω (khōrízō, “separate, spread”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Italian antropocoro
- antropocororelying on humans for dispersal
Portuguese antropocórico
- antropocóricorelying on humans for dispersal
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