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wallace's line

Wallace's line
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Definitions of wallace's line words

  • noun wallace's line an imaginary line that separates the Oriental and Australian zoogeographical regions and passes between Bali and Lombok, west of Celebes, and east of the Philippines. 1
  • noun wallace's line the hypothetical boundary between the Oriental and Australasian zoogeographical regions, which runs between the Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombok, through the Macassar Strait, and SE of the Philippines 0
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Origin of wallace's line

First appearance:

before 1865
One of the 28% newest English words
First recorded in 1865-70; after A. R. Wallace

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Parts of speech for Wallace's line

noun
adjective
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wallace's line popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 5% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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