pampean
/pamˈpiːən/ /ˈpampɪən/(also pampaean)
adjective
1 Geology and Palaeontology (In form Pampean). Designating or relating to a series of sedimentary deposits of the Pleistocene epoch present across much of the pampas of South America, and the fauna (especially mammals) extant during their period of deposition.
2 Generally. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the pampas, or the region of South America dominated by the pampas.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Charles Darwin (1809–1882), naturalist, geologist, and originator of the theory of natural selection. From pamp- + -ean, after e.g. European.
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