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neotropic

neotropic is the alternative form of neotropical.

Meaning of neotropical

Adjective

neotropical (comparative more neotropical, superlative most neotropical)

  1. Occurring in tropical America, i.e. the tropics of the New World.

See all 2 meanings of neotropical

Proper noun capitalized: Neotropic

Neotropic

  1. One of the major ecozones of the world, covering South America, Central America and the Caribbean

Origin of neotropic

From neo- + tropic.

Questions about neotropic

What does neotropic mean?
Neotropic means one of the major ecozones of the world, covering South America, Central America and the Caribbean.
What is neotropic the alternative form of?
Neotropic is the alternative form of neotropical.
What part of speech is neotropic?
Neotropic is a proper noun.

Words near neotropic in the dictionary

  1. neotraditionally
  2. neotraditions
  3. neotragine
  4. neotragines
  5. neotribalism
  6. neotropic
  7. neotropical
  8. neotropical silverside
  9. neotropical silversides
  10. Neotropical spiny rat
  11. Neotropical spiny rats

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Adapted from Wiktionary: neotropic (page history and authors); Neotropic (page history and authors); neotropical (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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