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Definition of Neotropic
1. Proper noun. One of the major ecozones of the world, covering South America, and the Carribean. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Neotropic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neotropic
Literary usage of Neotropic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Elements of Physical Geography: For the Use of Schools, Academies, and by Edwin James Houston (1901)
"(2) The neotropic Region, including all of South America, together with Central
America, the lowlands of Mexico, and the Antilles. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... through the rest of its bulk; while South America, thus extended, is neotropic.
Some authorities, however, from the close affinities of the first two, ..."
3. Costa Rica by Bruce Conord (2006)
"... to the Sarapiquis Centro-neotropic (it 506/761-1004, www.sarapiquis.org, $$-$$$),
an archeological/ecological project managed by a Belgian foundation. ..."
4. A Compend of Geology by Joseph LeConte (1898)
"FiG. 69. 1. Nearctic, including all North America exclusive of Central America.
2. neotropic, including Central and South America. 3. ..."
5. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Entomological Section (1890)
"... of the neotropic Fauna, by C. Emery; 5 plates; I. Formic id. c of Costa Rica,
a list of 107 species, with notes, l8of them new spe, ies or ri< • -s. II. ..."
6. Elements of Geology: A Text-book for Colleges and for the General Reader by Joseph Le Conte (1879)
"neotropic, including Central and South America; 8. Palaearctic, including Europe,
North Africa, and Asia north of the Himalayas; 4. ..."
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