Tropicalian
adjective
Trop·i·ca·li·an
¦träpə¦kālēən
: of, relating to, being, or native to the marine biogeographic realm that includes all seas within the isocryme of 68° F and is characterized by the presence of reef-building corals
Word History
Etymology
New Latin Tropicalia, marine realm including all tropical coral-reef seas (from Latin tropicus + Greek hals sea + New Latin -ia) + English -an
First Known Use
1877, in the meaning defined above
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