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单词 Neotropical
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Definition of Neotropical in English:

Neotropical

adjectiveniːəʊˈtrɒpɪk(ə)lˌnēōˈträpikəl
Zoology
  • 1Relating to or denoting a zoogeographical region comprising Central and South America, including the tropical southern part of Mexico and the Caribbean. Distinctive animals include edentates, opossums, marmosets, and tamarins.

    Compare with Neogaea
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They are Neotropical birds found from Mexico to central Argentina.
    • Moreover, palm fruits have been proposed (together with figs) to be keystone resources for Neotropical vertebrate frugivores.
    • To ensure future progress in Neotropical ornithology and better communication among all ornithologists interested in the Neotropical avifauna, several steps should be considered.
    • Wilson's Warblers are Neotropical migrants that winter in the mountains of Mexico and Central America, although small numbers remain in the extreme southern U.S.
    • There are a number of animals which prey on Neotropical river otters including anacondas, jaguars, caimans, dogs and birds of prey.
    1. 1.1Botany Relating to or denoting a phytogeographical kingdom comprising Central and South America but excluding the southern parts of Chile and Argentina.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Leaf production and fall patterns are well identified for Australian savanna species and for South American Neotropical savanna species.
      • Indeed, until recently, it was generally believed that all members of the Neotropical genus Maxillaria lacked nectar.
      • Patterns of resource investment were studied in male and female individuals in a natural population of the Neotropical dioecious shrub Baccharis dracunculifolia DC throughout one reproductive season.
      • Comparison of the nectaries of the presumed hummingbird-pollinated orchids H. imbricata and M. coccinea would perhaps help us better understand the structural features that characterize the nectary of such Neotropical orchids.
      • Background and Aims Pollination through sexual mimicry, also known as pseudocopulation, has been suggested to occur in some genera of the Neotropical orchid subtribe Maxillariinae.

Derivatives

  • neotropics

  • plural noun ˌniːəʊˈtrɒpɪksˌnioʊˈtrɑpɪks
    Botany Zoology
    • A zoogeographical or phytogeographical region comprising Central and South America, including the tropical southern part of Mexico and the Caribbean.

      New World birds found only in the neotropics
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla [Meliaceae]) is the most valuable hardwood species in the neotropics and is seriously threatened owing to overexploitation and habitat destruction.
      • For vireonids in general, prevalence was 23% for Panama and 14% for the neotropics; prevalences of all hematozoans together in tropical Vireonidae were 34%.
      • In contrast with the neotropics, where a virtually ‘pure African’ expanding front was observed, migrants arriving at WWR were of mixed ancestry.
 
 

Definition of Neotropical in US English:

Neotropical

(also neotropical)
adjectiveˌnēōˈträpikəl
Zoology
  • 1Relating to or denoting a zoogeographical region comprising Central and South America, including the tropical southern part of Mexico and the Caribbean. Distinctive animals include edentates, opossums, marmosets, and tamarins.

    Compare with Neogaea
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They are Neotropical birds found from Mexico to central Argentina.
    • Wilson's Warblers are Neotropical migrants that winter in the mountains of Mexico and Central America, although small numbers remain in the extreme southern U.S.
    • There are a number of animals which prey on Neotropical river otters including anacondas, jaguars, caimans, dogs and birds of prey.
    • Moreover, palm fruits have been proposed (together with figs) to be keystone resources for Neotropical vertebrate frugivores.
    • To ensure future progress in Neotropical ornithology and better communication among all ornithologists interested in the Neotropical avifauna, several steps should be considered.
    1. 1.1Botany Relating to or denoting a phytogeographical kingdom comprising Central and South America but excluding the southern parts of Chile and Argentina.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Comparison of the nectaries of the presumed hummingbird-pollinated orchids H. imbricata and M. coccinea would perhaps help us better understand the structural features that characterize the nectary of such Neotropical orchids.
      • Background and Aims Pollination through sexual mimicry, also known as pseudocopulation, has been suggested to occur in some genera of the Neotropical orchid subtribe Maxillariinae.
      • Patterns of resource investment were studied in male and female individuals in a natural population of the Neotropical dioecious shrub Baccharis dracunculifolia DC throughout one reproductive season.
      • Indeed, until recently, it was generally believed that all members of the Neotropical genus Maxillaria lacked nectar.
      • Leaf production and fall patterns are well identified for Australian savanna species and for South American Neotropical savanna species.
 
 
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