Relating to or characteristic of the zoogeographical area of Wallacea, between the Oriental and Australian regions.
a valuable addition to our knowledge of the Wallacean biodiversity
Example sentencesExamples
It began biological surveys of the Wallacean region in 1995.
What about threatened species. ... honeyeaters, lorikeets and cockatoos, with Asian sunbirds, shrikes and flycatchers and Wallacean fruit doves and flowerpeckers?
The Wallacean shortfall refers primarily to the inadequacy of our knowledge of the geographical distributions of species.
In addition, we have such typically Wallacean species as the Ulysses butterfly.
The Wallacean area has continued to be tectonically active with islands appearing and changing size.
Definition of Wallacean in US English:
Wallacean
adjectiveˌwɑləˈsiənˌwäləˈsēən
Relating to or characteristic of the zoogeographical area of Wallacea, between the Oriental and Australian regions.
a valuable addition to our knowledge of the Wallacean biodiversity
Example sentencesExamples
The Wallacean area has continued to be tectonically active with islands appearing and changing size.
The Wallacean shortfall refers primarily to the inadequacy of our knowledge of the geographical distributions of species.
It began biological surveys of the Wallacean region in 1995.
In addition, we have such typically Wallacean species as the Ulysses butterfly.
What about threatened species. ... honeyeaters, lorikeets and cockatoos, with Asian sunbirds, shrikes and flycatchers and Wallacean fruit doves and flowerpeckers?