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Definition of depauperate in English: depauperateadjectivedɪˈpɔːp(ə)rətdəˈpôpərət Biology 1(of a flora, fauna, or ecosystem) lacking in numbers or variety of species. oceanic islands are generally depauperate in mayflies Example sentencesExamples - Forestry activities within habitats tend to promote homogeneity and result in a depauperate lichen community.
- Generally, the Arctic invertebrate fauna is depauperate, and some groups (Odonata and Megaloptera) are usually absent.
- Three years after thinning plus herbicide, the plantations remained depauperate of deciduous trees.
- Compared with natural forest, of course, even agroforest lands are generally depauperate.
- The flora is largely derived from that of south-eastern Polynesia, but is comparatively depauperate, due to the remoteness and the young geological age of the island.
- 1.1 (of a plant or animal) imperfectly developed.
a depauperate inflorescence Example sentencesExamples - As a result, high-elevation populations will tend to be genetically depauperate.
- Such studies permitted taxonomic identification of morphologically depauperate fossils as a prerequisite to assembling databases for biodiversity studies.
- Does the genetic variation of organelle DNAs in D. sinensis tend to become depauperate because of their small effective population size, as in many endangered species?
- Compared to nine previously analyzed woody mints, however, M. alba is genetically depauperate.
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'impoverished'): from medieval Latin depauperatus, past participle of depauperare, from de- 'completely' + pauperare 'make poor' (from pauper 'poor'). Definition of depauperate in US English: depauperateadjectivedəˈpôpərət Biology 1(of a flora, fauna, or ecosystem) lacking in numbers or variety of species. oceanic islands are generally depauperate in mayflies Example sentencesExamples - Generally, the Arctic invertebrate fauna is depauperate, and some groups (Odonata and Megaloptera) are usually absent.
- Three years after thinning plus herbicide, the plantations remained depauperate of deciduous trees.
- Compared with natural forest, of course, even agroforest lands are generally depauperate.
- The flora is largely derived from that of south-eastern Polynesia, but is comparatively depauperate, due to the remoteness and the young geological age of the island.
- Forestry activities within habitats tend to promote homogeneity and result in a depauperate lichen community.
- 1.1 (of a plant or animal) imperfectly developed.
Example sentencesExamples - Does the genetic variation of organelle DNAs in D. sinensis tend to become depauperate because of their small effective population size, as in many endangered species?
- Such studies permitted taxonomic identification of morphologically depauperate fossils as a prerequisite to assembling databases for biodiversity studies.
- Compared to nine previously analyzed woody mints, however, M. alba is genetically depauperate.
- As a result, high-elevation populations will tend to be genetically depauperate.
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘impoverished’): from medieval Latin depauperatus, past participle of depauperare, from de- ‘completely’ + pauperare ‘make poor’ (from pauper ‘poor’). |