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Meaning of Wallacean | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Of or relating to Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913), British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist.
Of or relating to Wallacea (a group of Indonesian islands).

Examples

“While the Philippines have a large Sundaland biotic component, there is a significant Wallacean, New Guinea and Australian element in the biota. The evolutuonary relationships of some of the iconic taxa suggest a Wallacean and Gondwanan origin.”

“This species is essentially Wallacean, but it is known from two areas in Sundaic Indonesia as we define it.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Wallachian wallbangable wallcrawling walled Wallerian Wallersteinian