neogaean
neogaean adjective: of or relating to the New World, or Western Hemisphere.
Adjective
neogaean (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the New World, or Western Hemisphere.
- The first list includes the generally accepted families of the neogaean—or new world—birds, embracing both those peculiar to America and those found in the old world […]1866 June, A. American, “Arrangement of Families of Birds”, in Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, volume 8, number 210, published 1869, page 8
- We are quite satisfied that such a characteristic and deviating plant of the tribe of the Bromeae is placed in a distinct genus, which is at the same time quite in accordance with its curious neogaean distribution.1941, Jan Theodoor Henrard, “Notes on the Nomenclature of Some Grasses, II”, in Blumea […], volume 4, number 3, page 500
Origin of neogaean
From neo- + Ancient Greek γαῖα (gaîa, “earth”) + -an.
Questions about neogaean
- What does neogaean mean?
- Neogaean means of or relating to the New World, or Western Hemisphere.
- What part of speech is neogaean?
- Neogaean is an adjective.
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