tepuis

Noun

tepui (plural tepuis or tepuies)

1. A type of table-top mountain or mesa found in the Guiana Highlands of South America, especially in Venezuela.
   • Once a population becomes adapted to the tepui summit environment, it is more likely to colonize other areas with similar environmental conditions, so it would need to disperse between tepui summits to expand its geographical range.2005, P. E. Berry, R. Riina, Insights into the diversity of the Pantepui flora and the biogeographic complexity of the Guayana Shield, Ib Friis, Henrik Balslev (editors), Plant Diversity and...