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anthropochoric

anthropochoric is the alternative form of anthropochorous.

Meaning of anthropochorous

Adjective

anthropochorous (not comparable)

  1. (or flora) that have populations transported as aliens to geographical areas by the direct or indirect, typically inadvertent, action of humans.
  2. (or flora) that have populations effectively relying on human transport or action, typically inadvertent, for their propagation.
    • From their initial habitats, many anthropochorous insects have been transported by humans around the globe and several are now cosmopolitan in distribution.2003, Kevin J. Edwards, Ian Ralston, Scotland After the Ice Age: Environment, Archaeology and History, 8000 BC - AD 1000

Questions about anthropochoric

What is anthropochoric the alternative form of?
Anthropochoric is the alternative form of anthropochorous.

Words near anthropochoric in the dictionary

  1. anthropocentrisms
  2. anthropocentrist
  3. anthropocentrists
  4. anthropochore
  5. anthropochores
  6. anthropochoric
  7. anthropochorous
  8. anthropochory
  9. anthropocide
  10. anthropoclast
  11. anthropoclastic

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