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anthropochorous

/ænθɹɒpəˈkɔːɹəs/

anthropochorous adjective: that have populations transported as aliens to geographical areas by the direct or indirect, typically inadvertent, action of humans.

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

Origin of anthropochorous

From anthropo- (“man, human”) + Ancient Greek χωρίζω (khōrízō, “separate, spread”).

Words formed from anthropochorous

Questions about anthropochorous

What does anthropochorous mean?
Anthropochorous means that have populations transported as aliens to geographical areas by the direct or indirect, typically inadvertent, action of humans.
What part of speech is anthropochorous?
Anthropochorous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce anthropochorous?
Anthropochorous is pronounced /ænθɹɒpəˈkɔːɹəs/.

Words near anthropochorous in the dictionary

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

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