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• Neotropical — Ne o*trop ic*al, a. [Neo + tropical.] (Geog. & Zo[ o]l.) Belonging to, or designating, a region of the earth s surface which comprises most of South America, the Antilles, and tropical North America. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• neotropical — Región biogeográfica que se extiende desde el sur de México hasta el norte de Chile y Argentina, incluyendo las islas del Caribe …   Diccionario ecologico

• Neotropical fishes — The freshwater fishes of tropical South and Central America represent one of the most diverse aquatic ecosystems on Earth, with more than 5,600 species, representing about 10% all living vertebrate species. The exceptional diversity of species,… …   Wikipedia

• Neotropical Bird Club — The Neotropical Bird Club (NBC) is a British based ornithological and birdwatching club established in 1994 for people interested in the birds of the Neotropics, and specifically South America, Central America from Mexico to Panama, and the… …   Wikipedia

• Neotropical region — ▪ faunal region also called  South American region,         one of the six major biogeographic areas of the world defined on the basis of its characteristic animal life. It extends south from the Mexican desert into South America as far as the… …   Universalium

• neotropical — ► adjetivo GEOGRAFÍA Se aplica al reino biogeográfico de las zonas tropicales y subtropicales americanas. * * * neotropical, región …   Enciclopedia Universal

• neotropical region — A zoogeographical region extending south from the Mexican Plateau throughout Central America, the Caribbean and South America …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• neotropical — also neotropic adjective Usage: often capitalized Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1858 of, relating to, or constituting the tropical New World biogeographic region that extends south, east, and west from the central plateau… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Neotropical — adjective Zoology relating to or denoting a zoogeographical region comprising Central and South America and the Caribbean. Derivatives neotropics plural noun …   English new terms dictionary

• neotropical — adj. of or relating to tropical and S. America as a biogeographical region …   Useful english dictionary