palaeotropics en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English palaeo- English tropics English palaeotropics From palaeo- + tropics.
Meanings
- (plural, plural-only) The tropics of "the old world", the tropical areas of both Africa and Asia. Used in biology (rare), pertaining to area of geographical occurrence.