Afrotropicaladj.

Brit.

/ˌafrəʊˈtrɒpᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˌæfroʊˈtrɑpək(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Afro- comb. form, tropical adj.

Etymology: < Afro- comb. form + tropical adj.

Designating a zoogeographical region or biostratigraphic ecozone which includes Africa south of the Sahara, Madagascar, and the southern parts of the Arabian peninsula; of, relating to, or inhabiting this region.Formerly known as ‘Ethiopian’ (Ethiopian adj. 3), the region's epithet was formally changed after the country of Abyssinia came to be known as Ethiopia in the 1970s.

ΚΠ

1942 C. H. T. Townsend Man. Myiology XII. 96 His Antillean area forms a zone of the Neotropical, Madagascar a zone of the Afrotropical and Polynesia a zone of the Paleotropical region.

1977 R. W. Crosskey & G. B. White in Jrnl. Nat. Hist. 11 541 We explain our misgivings about ‘Ethiopian Region’, and enlarge upon our reasons for rejecting recent substitutes and preferring ‘Afrotropical Region’.

2004 D. W. Cameron & C. P. Groves Bones, Stones, & Molecules 204 Dmanisi is 1000 km north of Israel, but in a warm phase, some of the Afrotropical fauna reached that far north.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	afrotropical
释义	Afrotropicaladj. Brit. /ˌafrəʊˈtrɒpᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌæfroʊˈtrɑpək(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Afro- comb. form, tropical adj. Etymology: < Afro- comb. form + tropical adj. Designating a zoogeographical region or biostratigraphic ecozone which includes Africa south of the Sahara, Madagascar, and the southern parts of the Arabian peninsula; of, relating to, or inhabiting this region.Formerly known as ‘Ethiopian’ (Ethiopian adj. 3), the region's epithet was formally changed after the country of Abyssinia came to be known as Ethiopia in the 1970s. ΚΠ 1942 C. H. T. Townsend Man. Myiology XII. 96 His Antillean area forms a zone of the Neotropical, Madagascar a zone of the Afrotropical and Polynesia a zone of the Paleotropical region. 1977 R. W. Crosskey & G. B. White in Jrnl. Nat. Hist. 11 541 We explain our misgivings about ‘Ethiopian Region’, and enlarge upon our reasons for rejecting recent substitutes and preferring ‘Afrotropical Region’. 2004 D. W. Cameron & C. P. Groves Bones, Stones, & Molecules 204 Dmanisi is 1000 km north of Israel, but in a warm phase, some of the Afrotropical fauna reached that far north. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1942
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