biogeography

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ geography.

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  • Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

Noun

biogeography (countable and uncountable, plural biogeographies)

  1. (biology, geography, uncountable) The study of the geographical distribution of living things.
  2. (biology, geography, countable) The geographical distribution of a particular living thing.
    • 2004, Brian P. Hedlund, James T. Staley, “Microbial Endemism and Biogeography”, in Alan T. Bull, editor, Microbial Diversity and Bioprospecting‎[1], →ISBN, page 225:
      First, any international traveler knows that many pathogenic microbes, both viral and bacterial, have distinct biogeographies.

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