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depaurate

depaurate is the misspelling of depauperate.

Meaning of depauperate

Adjective

depauperate (comparative more depauperate, superlative most depauperate)

  1. (usually) Having stunted growth
  2. (obsolete) Impoverished.
  3. Having a limited biodiversity.
    • "...because of Kamchatka's isolation from mainland river systems, its streams are relatively depauperate of other fresh water fish, leaving Oncorhynchus species to face few competitors and predators."2009, David Quammen, Where the Salmon Rule, National Geographic (August 2009), page 35
  4. Displaying only a limited range of logically possible morphosyntactic combinations.
    • "The morphological profile of Sko languages varies widely, from the nearly isolating structure of Dumo, with simply subject prefixation for verbs, and that depauperate, to the rich polysynthesis of Barupu."2018, William Foley, The languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs, in The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area, page 405

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Questions about depaurate

What is depaurate the misspelling of?
Depaurate is the misspelling of depauperate.

Words near depaurate in the dictionary

  1. depauperizations
  2. depauperize
  3. depauperized
  4. depauperizes
  5. depauperizing
  6. depaurate
  7. depave
  8. depaved
  9. depaves
  10. depaving
  11. Depaz

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