Meanings
- not comparablebiologyOf or relating to the New World, or Western Hemisphere.
The first list includes the generally accepted families of the neogaean—or new world—birds, embracing both those peculiar to America and those found in the old world […]
1866 June, A. American, “Arrangement of Families of Birds”, in Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, volume 8, number 210, published 1869, page 82 more examples
We are quite satisfied that such a characteristic and deviating plant of the tribe of the Bromeae is placed in a distinct genus, which is at the same time quite in accordance with its curious neogaean distribution.
1941, Jan Theodoor Henrard, “Notes on the Nomenclature of Some Grasses, II”, in Blumea […], volume 4, number 3, page 500The study of many specimens belonging to both gerontogaean and neogaean species of the group has shown me […] the best characteristics to distinguish the different species […]
1975, R.E.G. Pichi Sermolli, “Taxonomic Notes on Some African Species of Elaphoglossum”, in Fern Gazette, volume 11, numbers 2–3, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2023, page 95
Origin
- Ancient Greekγαῖα“earth”
- Englishneogaean
From neo- + Ancient Greek γαῖα (gaîa, “earth”) + -an.
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