Notogaean

adjective

No·​to·​gae·​an

variants or Notogean

¦⸗⸗¦jēən

or less commonly Notogaeal or Notogeal

-ēəl

or Notogaeic or Notogeic

-ēik

: of, relating to, or being a biogeographic realm that includes the Australian and New Zealand regions and the islands of the southwestern Pacific

Word History

Etymology

New Latin Notogaea, Notogea south temperate terrestrial biogeographic realm (from not- + -gaea, -gea) + English -an, -al, -ic

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