BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An area of the Earth determined by distribution of flora and fauna

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("biogeographical region" is a kind of...):

region (a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "biogeographical region"):

benthic division; benthonic zone; benthos (a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones)

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