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paratropical

paratropical adjective: beyond the tropics (away from the equator).

Adjective

paratropical (not comparable)

  1. Beyond the tropics (away from the equator)

Origin of paratropical

From para- + tropical.

Questions about paratropical

What does paratropical mean?
Paratropical means beyond the tropics (away from the equator).
What part of speech is paratropical?
Paratropical is an adjective.

Words near paratropical in the dictionary

  1. paratrooper
  2. paratroopers
  3. paratrooping
  4. paratroops
  5. paratrophic
  6. paratropical
  7. paratropidid
  8. paratropidids
  9. Parattah
  10. Paratto
  11. paratubal

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